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2020, Pandemic

Saving Lives versus Saving Livelihoods: Can Big Data Technology Solve the Pandemic Dilemma?

Kairong XIAO
This paper studies the effectiveness of big data technology in mitigating the economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. I exploit the staggered implementation of contact-tracing apps called “health code” in 322 Chinese cities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using high-frequency variati...
Keywords: big data, Coronavirus
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