COVID-19 and output in Japan

Fujii, Daisuke; Nakata, Taisuke

doi:10.1007/s42973-021-00098-4

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“…Public guidelines to enforce preventive behaviors, such as wearing a mask, handwashing, and physical distancing, are crucial to reduce the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. If healthcare professionals and public health officials recommended preventive behaviors, individuals were more likely to change their behaviors, and this included voluntary testing [ 2 , 40 ]. The economic situation of the countries was also related to the procurement and use of personal protective equipment.…”

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Association between the Human Development Index and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by Country

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It is important to understand the ultimate control of COVID-19 in all countries around the world in relation to the characteristics of developed countries, LDCs, and the variety of transmission characteristics of COVID-19. Therefore, this study aimed to identify factors associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19 with a focus on the Human Development Index (HDI). The units of analysis used for the current study were countries, and dataset were aggregated from multiple sources. This study used COVID-19 data from Our World in Data, the Global Health Security Index, and the WORLD BANK. A total of 171 countries were included in the analysis. A multi-variable linear regression with a hierarchical framework was employed to investigate whether the HDI is associated with confirmed COVID-19 cases after controlling for the demographic and healthcare system characteristics of the study countries. For Model 2, which controlled for demographic and healthcare system characteristics, HDI (β = 0.46, p < 0.001, 95% CI = 2.64–10.87) and the number of physicians per 1000 people (β = 0.34, p < 0.01, 95% CI = 0.21–0.75) had significant associations with the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases per million people. Countries with a high HDI level are able to conduct higher per capita testing, resulting in higher numbers of confirmed cases than in countries with lower HDI levels. This study has shown evidence that could be used by governments and international organizations to identify national characteristics and provide the international cooperation necessary to develop effective prevention and intervention methods to deal with the global pandemic.

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Association between the Human Development Index and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by Country

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“…First, this paper is directly related to recent studies that examine the relationship between holding the Tokyo Olympics and COVID-19 infection rates. Professors Nakata and Fujii of the University of Tokyo build a traceable SIR-macro model and use it to conduct a simulation analysis of the relationship between economic output and the spread of COVID-19 in Japan ( Fujii and Nakata, 2021 ). 2 As part of their research, Fujii et al (2021) present the results of model-based analyses on May 21 and June 16, 2021 to quantify the impact of holding the Olympics and Paralympics on COVID-19 infection in Tokyo.…”

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Quantifying the impact of the Tokyo Olympics on COVID-19 cases using synthetic control methods

Esaka¹,

Fujii²

2022

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

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“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections have had a significant socio-economic impact for the whole world including Japan [1, 2]. Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) occurs through direct, indirect, or close contact with an infected person [3].…”

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic, which has passed almost three years, has had significant global socio-economic impacts, including in Japan [1, 2]. Given that the COVID-19 infection can be transmitted through direct or indirect contact with an infected person [3], increasing human mobility can promote the spread of COVID-19 infection [4, 5].…”

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Unravelling habituation for COVID-19-related information: A panel data study in Japan

Fukui¹

2022

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This study investigates how human mobility has changed in the long-term in response to the COVID-19-related information in Japan. We use publicly available data from Google on human mobility in retail & recreation and residential spent time. These variables can be explained using daily data on the number of infected cases, whether the state of the emergency is declared or not, and the cumulated number of the vaccinated person. In the regression analysis, we use the 'interactive effects model' to control complicated unobservable factors that vary across time and cross-sectional dimensions. Our regression results find that people feared an unknown virus in the 1st wave, but the habituation trend for human mobility is noticed for the repeated similar infection information. However, from a different kind of information about the spread of new variants, people's habituation comes to a halt to some extent. Further, the spatial interaction of infection information is observed. We also show that people reacted appropriately to infection information even without a state of emergency declaration. Also, vaccination promotion encourages people to go out with security. When implementing policies to control human mobility, it is essential to consider the timing, and the degree of information penetration, carefully.

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COVID-19 and output in Japan

Cited by 24 publications

References 22 publications

Association between the Human Development Index and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by Country

Association between the Human Development Index and Confirmed COVID-19 Cases by Country

Quantifying the impact of the Tokyo Olympics on COVID-19 cases using synthetic control methods

Unravelling habituation for COVID-19-related information: A panel data study in Japan

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