Reopening strategies, mobility and COVID-19 infections in Europe: panel data analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Characterise the reopening policies of European countries after the first wave of infections and evaluate how these policies affected economic activity and subsequent infections.

Study design

Using publicly available data, we construct a database of reopening policy announcements by country authorities and develop measures related to the speed and timing of reopening. Using panel data regressions, we then assess how a country's reopening action subsequently affected its mobility and COVID-19 infections. Samples of 22 European countries used in the study comprise: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the UK.

SUBMITTER: Franks J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8829848 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature