Measuring the correlation between COVID-19 restrictions and economic activity / by Nada Habli and Ryan Macdonald, Sean Clarke, Carter McCormack and Jessica Dekker.: CS11-633/2022-40E-PDF

"This paper develops COVID-19 restrictions indexes for all Canadian provinces and territories. Indexes are produced daily and illustrate the overall level of restrictions and differences in restrictions on the vaccinated and unvaccinated portions of the population. The indexes show that restrictions in Ontario and Quebec were more stringent and remained in force for longer and at higher levels than in British Columbia and Alberta. They also illustrate the more stringent restrictions faced by the unvaccinated population as vaccination campaigns unfolded. When the daily indexes are converted to a monthly frequency, they show that after the first wave of COVID-19, increasing the severity of restrictions slows growth in economic activity as long as the severity of these restrictions remains below a threshold value. After the threshold value is reached, tighter restrictions are associated with declines in economic activity"--Abstract, page 5.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Statistics Canada, issuing body.
Title Measuring the correlation between COVID-19 restrictions and economic activity / by Nada Habli and Ryan Macdonald, Sean Clarke, Carter McCormack and Jessica Dekker.
Series title Analytical studies : methods and references, 2371-3429 ; no. 040
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Mesurer la corrélation entre les restrictions liées à la COVID-19 et l'activité économique.
"2022003."
Issued also in HTML format.
Includes bibliographical references (page 30).
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, March 28, 2022.
©2022
Author / Contributor Habli, Nada, author.
Description 1 online resource (30 pages) : illustrations (some colour).
ISBN 9780660423258
Catalogue number
  • CS11-633/2022-40E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 11-633-X
Subject terms COVID-19 (Disease) -- Canada -- Prevention -- Statistics -- Methodology.
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Economic aspects -- Canada -- Statistics -- Methodology.
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