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100	1		_aSong, Hummy.
245	1	4	_aThe Impact of the Non-essential Business Closure Policy on Covid-19 Infection Rates / _cHummy Song, Ryan M. McKenna, Angela T. Chen, Guy David, Aaron Smith-McLallen.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. _bNational Bureau of Economic Research _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource: _billustrations (black and white);
490	1		_aNBER working paper series _vno. w28374
500			_aJanuary 2021.
520	3		_aIn response to the Covid-19 pandemic, many localities instituted non-essential business closure orders, keeping individuals categorized as essential workers at the frontlines while sending their non-essential counterparts home. We examine the extent to which being designated as an essential or non-essential worker impacts one's risk of being Covid-positive following the non-essential business closure order in Pennsylvania. We also assess the intrahousehold transmission risk experienced by their cohabiting family members and roommates. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we estimate that workers designated as essential have a 55% higher likelihood of being positive for Covid-19 than those classified as non-essential; in other words, non-essential workers experience a protective effect. While members of the health care and social assistance subsector contribute significantly to this overall effect, it is not completely driven by them. We also find evidence of intrahousehold transmission that differs in intensity by essential status. Dependents cohabiting with an essential worker have a 17% higher likelihood of being Covid-positive compared to those cohabiting with a non-essential worker. Roommates cohabiting with an essential worker experience a 38% increase in likelihood of being Covid-positive. Analysis of households with a Covid-positive member suggests that intrahousehold transmission is an important mechanism
530			_aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538			_aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588	0		_aPrint version record
690		7	_aH75 - State and Local Government: Health • Education • Welfare • Public Pensions _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aI12 - Health Behavior _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aI14 - Health and Inequality _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aI18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690		7	_aJ68 - Public Policy _2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700	1		_aMcKenna, Ryan M.
700	1		_aChen, Angela T.
700	1		_aDavid, Guy.
700	1		_aSmith-McLallen, Aaron.
710	2		_aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830		0	_aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) _vno. w28374.
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w28374
856			_yAcceso en línea al DOI _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w28374
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