Welcome to join us for the Brown Bag Seminar in Economics and Finance presented by Laura Villalobos

You are most welcome to join us for the “Brown Bag Seminar in Economics and Finance” presented by Laura Villalobos from Inter-American Development Bank 

Read more about Laura here: https://lavifi.wordpress.com/

Title: Economic value of air quality improvements during COVID-19 lockdowns in Bogotá

Date: Monday, November 23
Time: 12:10-12:55

Room: https://ju-se.zoom.us/j/63738125121
Fix Meeting-ID for Autumn 2: 637 381 251 21

Have a look at the seminar program for A2 here.

Abstract:
Economic value of air quality improvements during COVID-19 lockdowns in Bogotá Air pollution is a leading cause of death worldwide, particularly affecting big cities in emerging economies. In this project, we estimate the effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on air quality in Bogotá. Using epidemiology models, we translate the air quality improvements into avoided deaths in the short and long run, and compare them with the additional COVID-19 related deaths. In addition, we quantify the economic value of the decreased mortality and explore the distributional, temporal, and spatial effects.