Research

Using big data to evaluate the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions in coping with epidemics and their economic impacts

 

Team

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Alexandre Gori Maia - Associate Professor at University of Campinas

 

LeticiaMarteleto
Leticia Marteleto - Associate Professor at University of Texas at Austin

 

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Cristina Guimarães Rodrigues - Researcher at the Institute of of Economic Research Foundation

 

LuizGustavoSereno
Luiz Gustavo Sereno - PhD Candidate in Economics at University of Campinas

 

Chloe Brown - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Intern Student 


Sarah Wei - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Intern Student 

 

Helen Wang - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Intern Student 

 

Goals

The research uses big data to evaluate the health-economy trade-offs of NPIs (Non-Pharmacological Interventions) in coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. The specific goals are: 1) to uso big data to elaborate a municipal-level panel data with indicators associated with the intensity of compliance with the INF, health conditions and economic activity; 2) to evaluate the determinants of compliance with the NPI; 3) to evaluate the impacts of NPI on health and economic activity indicators. 

 

Funding

National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Science and Technology, MIT Experiential Learning

 

Publications

  • Gori Maia, Alexandre; Martinez, Jose Daniel Morales ; Marteleto, Letícia J.; Cristina Guimarães Rodrigues; Sereno, Luiz Gustavo (2023). "Can the Content of Social Networks Explain Epidemic Outbreaks?" Population Research and Policy Review, v. 42, p. 9.

  • Gori Maia, Alexandre;Letícia J. Marteleto;Cristina Guimarães Rodrigues; Luiz Gustavo Sereno (2021). “The Short-term Impacts of Coronavirus Quarantine in São Paulo: the Health-Economy Trade-offs.” Plos-One, v. 6.

  • Gori Maia, Alexandre;Marteleto, Letícia J.;Rodrigues, Cristina Guimarães; Sereno, Luiz Gustavo (2021). “The Health and Economic Trade-offs of Social Isolation in Brazil.” Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America.

  • Gori Maia, Alexandre;Marteleto, Letícia J.;Rodrigues, Cristina Guimarães; Sereno, Luiz Gustavo (2021). "The Impacts of Social Isolation in Brazil: Health-Economy Trade-offs" PAA Applied Demography Conference 2021. 

 

Media

- Presentation at the Sao Paulo State University (Unesp/Araraquara);

- Presentation at the Federal University of the West of Pará (UFOPA/Santarem);