Italian Workers at Risk During the COVID-19 Epidemic

Barbieri, Teresa; Basso, Gaetano; Scicchitano, Sergio

doi:10.1007/s40797-021-00164-1

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“…This would have served to check the robustness of the model. Finally, although there is a growing literature that tries to relate COVID-19 to working from home [39][40][41], however, it has not been possible to work with a database for this variable by municipality or province. It would have been interesting to have been…”

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“…This would have served to check the robustness of the model. Finally, although there is a growing literature that tries to relate COVID-19 to working from home [ 39 – 41 ], however, it has not been possible to work with a database for this variable by municipality or province. It would have been interesting to have been able to include this variable in the model as this would have strengthened the conclusions on the effects of working conditions on COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates.…”

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Inequality, public health, and COVID-19: an analysis of the Spanish case by municipalities

Amate-Fortes

Guarnido-Rueda

2022

Eur J Health Econ

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The main objective of this work is to analyze whether inequality in income distribution has an effect on COVID-19 incidence and mortality rates during the first wave of the pandemic, and how the public health system mitigates these effects. To this end, the case of 819 Spanish municipalities is used, and a linear cross-sectional model is estimated. The results obtained allow us to conclude that a higher level of income inequality generates a higher rate of infections but not deaths, highlighting the importance of the Spanish National Health Service, which does not distinguish by income level. Likewise, early detection of infection measured by the number of primary care centers per 100,000 inhabitants, access to health care for the treatment of the most severe cases, unemployment as a proxy for job insecurity, climatic conditions, and population density are also important factors that determine how COVID-19 affects the population.

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Inequality, public health, and COVID-19: an analysis of the Spanish case by municipalities

Amate-Fortes

Guarnido-Rueda

2022

Eur J Health Econ

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“…The extensive scientific literature on the COVID-19 pandemic has focused on multiple features related to contagion spread. The epidemiological and clinical features of COVID-19 patients are currently well characterized [ 12 , 13 ], as well as the patients’ mental health conditions [ 14 ], the at-risk populations [ 15 ], and the general population [ 16 ]. However, little attention has been paid to the effects of the pandemic on cognitive functions.…”

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The Cognitive Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Members of the General Population in Italy: A Preliminary Study on Executive Inhibition

Favieri

Forte

Agostini

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The pandemic period which has characterized the last two years has been associated with increasingly worsening psychological conditions, and previous studies have reported severe levels of anxiety, mood disorder, and psychopathological alteration in the general population. In particular, worldwide populations have appeared to present post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Surprisingly, no studies have evaluated the effect of COVID-related PTSS on cognitive functioning. This study focused on the association between high levels of PTSS related to COVID-19 and alterations in executive functioning by considering executive inhibitions in populations not infected by the virus. Ninety respondents from the Italian population participated in the study. A higher percentage of PTSS was reported. Moreover, respondents with high post-traumatic symptomatology presented deficits in the inhibition of preponderant responses, demonstrating an executive deficit which could be expressed by a difficulty in controlling goal-directed actions. This was underlined by worse performances in elaborating incongruent stimuli in the Stroop task and no-go stimuli in the Go/No-Go task. This report presents preliminary findings underlining the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cognitive functions. The results confirmed a persistently higher post-traumatic symptomatology related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Italian population and highlighted an association with cognitive inhibition impairment.

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“…We use the information on healthcare facilities from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (2020a). The laborers in agriculture are less susceptible to Covid-19 infection as they are less exposed to physical proximity (Barbieri et al, 2022). Therefore, we control the percentage share of agriculture and allied activities in the states reported on 2017-18.…”

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Do comprehensive labor measures reduce the severity of the pandemic? Evidence from India

Kujur

Goswami

2022

IJSE

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PurposeAs a developing country, India initiated several labor measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. This study analyzes the impact of the Covid-19-induced comprehensive labor measures by Indian states on the Case Fatality Ratios and Recovery Rates. Such an analysis will provide deeper insights into the importance of labor measures during a health emergency. It will also be a reality check to the existing National Health Policy.Design/methodology/approachThe study examines the four major aspects of labor measures on migration, social security, state-specific needs and health and human rights. The authors use these to formulate a composite labor measure index to comprehend the Covid-19-induced various labor measures. Additionally, the authors apply pooled ordinary least squares and panel random-effects models with the state-wise monthly data to examine the impact of Covid-19-induced labor measures on the severity of the pandemic.FindingsCovid-19-induced comprehensive labor measures reduce fatalities and increase recovery rates. In particular, the measures on labor migration, state-specific needs and health and human rights adopted by the Indian states successfully reduce the Covid-19 fatalities and improve the recovery rates. However, the measures taken to address social security have been ineffective in reducing the severity of the pandemic. The study results are robust to various other specifications.Research limitations/implicationsThe time period covered in this research is very brief and does not account for the qualitative impact of labor measures on the severity of the pandemic. This study specifically addresses the number of Covid-19-induced labor measures and not the resources allocated to their implementations or the number of people who benefited from the measures.Practical implicationsThis study emphasizes the need for subnational comprehensive labor measures to reduce the severity of the pandemic in developing countries. The study confirms the need for effective Covid-19-induced social security measures to cope with the pandemic in India. This study also ascertains the beneficial impact of the measures on migration, state-specific needs and health and human rights.Originality/valueThe authors make a composite labor measure index that captures state-level Covid-19-induced labor measures on diverse aspects, namely migration, social security, state-specific need and health and human rights, hitherto unexplored. In addition, the authors analyze the impact of these labor measures on the severity of the pandemic.

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Italian Workers at Risk During the COVID-19 Epidemic

Cited by 49 publications

References 32 publications

Inequality, public health, and COVID-19: an analysis of the Spanish case by municipalities

Inequality, public health, and COVID-19: an analysis of the Spanish case by municipalities

The Cognitive Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Members of the General Population in Italy: A Preliminary Study on Executive Inhibition

Do comprehensive labor measures reduce the severity of the pandemic? Evidence from India

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