JUE Insight: Measuring movement and social contact with smartphone data: a real-time application to COVID-19 [0.03%]
基于智能手机数据的测移动和社交接触及其在新冠肺炎疫情实时监测中的应用
Victor Couture,Jonathan I Dingel,Allison Green et al.
Victor Couture et al.
Tracking human activity in real time and at fine spatial scale is particularly valuable during episodes such as the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we discuss the suitability of smartphone data for quantifying movement and social contact....
JUE Insight: The geographic spread of COVID-19 correlates with the structure of social networks as measured by Facebook [0.03%]
JUE观点：COVID-19的地理传播与Facebook测量的社会网络结构相关性分布
Theresa Kuchler,Dominic Russel,Johannes Stroebel
Theresa Kuchler
We use aggregated data from Facebook to show that COVID-19 is more likely to spread between regions with stronger social network connections. Areas with more social ties to two early COVID-19 "hotspots" (Westchester County, NY, in the U.S. ...
JUE Insight: The determinants of the differential exposure to COVID-19 in New York city and their evolution over time [0.03%]
JUE观点：纽约市新冠肺炎暴露差异的影响因素及时空演变
Milena Almagro,Angelo Orane-Hutchinson
Milena Almagro
We argue that occupations are a key explanatory variable for understanding the early transmission of COVID-19 in New York City, finding that they play a larger role than other key demographics such as race or income. Moreover, we find no ev...
D Mark Anderson,Joseph J Sabia,Erdal Tekin
D Mark Anderson
Debate over safe-storage gun regulations has captured public attention in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings committed by minors. To date, the existing literature provides no evidence that these laws are effective at deterring ...
Judith A Chevalier,Jason L Schwartz,Yihua Su et al.
Judith A Chevalier et al.
We examine the potential for exploiting retailer location choice in targeting health interventions. Using geospatial data, we quantify proximity to vaccines created by a U.S. federal program distributing COVID-19 vaccines to commercial reta...
JUE Insight: The Geography of Travel Behavior in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic [0.03%]
极目洞察：新冠肺炎疫情初期的出行行为地理分布特征分析
Jeffrey Brinkman,Kyle Mangum
Jeffrey Brinkman
We use U.S. county-level location data derived from smartphones to examine travel behavior and its relationship with COVID-19 cases in the early stages of the outbreak. People traveled less overall and notably avoided areas with relatively ...
JUE insight: Migration, transportation infrastructure, and the spatial transmission of COVID-19 in China [0.03%]
基于迁移和交通基础设施的新冠肺炎在中国空间传播的计量分析
Bingjing Li,Lin Ma
Bingjing Li
This paper evaluates the impacts of migration flows and transportation infrastructure on the spatial transmission of COVID-19 in China. Prefectures with larger bilateral migration flows and shorter travel distances with Hubei, the epicenter...
Daniel Mangrum,Paul Niekamp
Daniel Mangrum
Due to the suspension of in-person classes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, students at universities with earlier spring breaks traveled and returned to campus while those with later spring breaks largely did not. We use variation in a...
JUE Insight: Understanding spatial variation in COVID-19 across the United States [0.03%]
JUE观点：理解美国COVID-19的空间变异属性
Klaus Desmet,Romain Wacziarg
Klaus Desmet
What factors explain spatial variation in the severity of COVID-19 across the United States? To answer this question, we analyze the correlates of COVID-19 cases and deaths across US counties. We document four sets of facts. First, effectiv...
JUE Insight: Were urban cowboys enough to control COVID-19? Local shelter-in-place orders and coronavirus case growth [0.03%]
城市牛仔们够用吗？当地保持社交距离的命令和新冠肺炎病例的增长之间的关系
Dhaval Dave,Andrew Friedson,Kyutaro Matsuzawa et al.
Dhaval Dave et al.
One of the most common policy prescriptions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 has been to legally enforce social distancing through shelter-in-place orders (SIPOs). This study examines the role of localized urban SIPO policy in curbing COVID...