Variation in government responses to COVID-19
COVID-19 has prompted a wide range of responses from governments around the world. There is a pressing need for up-to-date policy information as these responses proliferate, and governments weigh decisions about the stringency of their policies against other concerns. We introduce the Oxford COVID-1...
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| Format: | Working paper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Oxford
2020
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| Summary: | COVID-19 has prompted a wide range of responses from governments
around the world. There is a pressing need for up-to-date policy information as these
responses proliferate, and governments weigh decisions about the stringency of their
policies against other concerns. We introduce the Oxford COVID-19 Government
Response Tracker (OxCGRT), providing a systematic way to track government
responses to COVID-19 across countries and time. We combine this data into a series of
novel indices that aggregate various measures of government responses. These indices
are used to describe variation in government responses, explore whether the
government response affects the rate of infection, and identify correlates of more or
less intense responses. |
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