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Does Responsiveness to Mortality Risk Vary by Age? Evidence from Pandemic Health Outcomes and Movement Patterns
by Ryan Jones Hastings Abstract When choosing whether to visit venues like stores and restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals faced trade-offs between movement and mortality risk. This paper analyzes age-specific responsiveness to infection-related mortality risk in the Philadelphia metropolitan area from March through December 2020. First, we develop a theoretical model that characterizes potential […]