Mask Mandates Save Lives /

We quantify the effect of mask mandates in the United States. Our regression discontinuity design exploits county-level variation in COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions, and deaths across the border between states with and without mandates. We find a significant and substantial effect-mask mandates...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hansen, Niels-Jakob
Other Authors: Mano, Rui C.
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/205
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