A Few Good Masks

• Tác giả: Kieran Byrne
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 731.75 *Masks
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2022
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 326043
• Chủ đề: 1. CORONAVIRUS; 2. COVID-19; 3. MASK MANUFACTURING; 4. MASK QUALITY STUDY; 5. PANDEMIC. INDUSTRY

Tóm tắt

Did increases in mask supply slow the spread of COVID-19 Rwanda licensed and incentivized textile manufacturers to produce high-quality masks at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper exploits spatial variation in exposure to mask manufacturing through textile trade networks within an event-study design using receipt-level tax data. Licensing domestic mask manufacturers conservatively reduced mask prices by 8.8% and reduced monthly growth in COVID-19 infections (proxied by demand for anti-fever medicine) by 12%. The dynamics of the results suggest that increased mask quality explains reduced infections, in a context where there was strict enforcement of mask mandates and informal markets for masks.