ArticleJournal of development economics2022
Information and behavioral responses during a pandemic: Evidence from delays in Covid-19 death reports.
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- Multivariable Behavioral Change Modeling of Epidemics in the Presence of Undetected Infections.Statistics in medicine · 2026Article
- Applying machine learning to identify unrecognized COVID-19 deaths recorded as other causes of death in the United States.Science advances · 2026Article
- Identification and attribution of weekly periodic biases in global epidemiological time series data.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Heterogeneous risk tolerance, in-groups, and epidemic waves.Frontiers in applied mathematics and statistics · 2024Article
- Comparative Analysis of Age, Sex, and Viral Load in Outpatients during the Four Waves of SARS-CoV-2 in A Mexican Medium-Sized City.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- County-level estimates of excess mortality associated with COVID-19 in the United States.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Real-time mortality statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic: A proposal based on Spanish data, January-March, 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Pandemic responsiveness: Evidence from social distancing and lockdown policy during COVID-19.PloS one · 2022Article
- Predictors of attitudes and adherence to COVID-19 public health guidelines in Western countries: a rapid review of the emerging literature.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Providing information is important for managing epidemics, but issues with data accuracy may hinder its effectiveness. Focusing on Covid-19 in Mexico, we ask whether delays in death reports affect individuals' beliefs and behavior. Exploiting administrative data and an online survey, we provide evidence that behavior, and consequently the evolution of the pandemic, are considerably different when death counts are presented by date reported rather than by date occurred, due to non-negligible reporting delays. We then use an equilibrium model incorporating an endogenous behavioral response to illustrate how reporting delays lead to slower individual responses, and consequently, worse epidemic outcomes.
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