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Economic policies can induce people to quarantine safely during the pandemic

  • Written by Roberto Chang, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Rutgers University
Economic policies can induce people to quarantine safely during the pandemicFolks are more likely to social distance properly if there are economic incentives to do so.Malte Mueller/Getty Images

Recent economic proposals to deal with COVID-19, like those summarized by UC Berkeley economist Pierre Olivier Gourinchas, have focused on compensating households and businesses for income losses due to lockdowns and other health...

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