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100			_aGupta, Ashish Das, Prashant and Kim, Dongshin _949340
245			_aThe need for localized, socio-economic policy measures for controlling a pandemic: An empirical study of Covid-19 in India
260			_aVikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers
300			_a49(3), Jul-Sep, 2024: p.213-229
520			_aWe examine the localized nature of COVID-19 pandemic spread in India. Through Gamma curve-fitting we observe that the infection patterns exhibit substantial variation across locations. Areas with larger male population and higher economic activity witness more cases. Economically-deprived districts experience higher mortality after controlling for the infections. Mobility in spatially contiguous locations is a significant determinant of new infections. Our study emphasizes the role of socioeconomic factors in explaining the variation across districts. The findings support the need for locally-specific policy, better medical infrastructure in socio-economically vulnerable localities and social-distancing measures in controlling the spread.- Reproduced https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02560909241260234
650			_ao-economic, Localized policy measures, Controlling pandemic, Spatial autoregressive regression, Covid-19. _949341
773			_aVikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers
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