Industry-Level Baseline Risk of COVID-19 Infection

We present an industry classification–level model of economic activities in terms of (1) risk of the novel coronavirus spread and (2) economic contribution for the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area. Our measure combines various categories of activities that seem to lead to viral spread. We think these measures will provide useful information about how to ease current lockdowns and how to more efficiently put in place future lockdowns if they are needed.

Keywords: pandemic, risk measures, workplace safety, COVID-19, pandemic, Austin TX, viral spread, public health

JEL Classification: I12, I18

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Canann, Taylor and Carvalho, Carlos M. and Lowery, Richard, Industry-Level Baseline Risk of COVID-19 Infection (June 2020). Mercatus Working Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3636093 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3636093