英文标题:
《How many people are infected? A case study on SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in
Austria》
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作者:
Gabriel Ziegler
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最新提交年份:
2020
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英文摘要:
Using recent data from voluntary mass testing, I provide credible bounds on prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 for Austrian counties in early December 2020. When estimating prevalence, a natural missing data problem arises: no test results are generated for non-tested people. In addition, tests are not perfectly predictive for the underlying infection. This is particularly relevant for mass SARS-CoV-2 testing as these are conducted with rapid Antigen tests, which are known to be somewhat imprecise. Using insights from the literature on partial identification, I propose a framework addressing both issues at once. I use the framework to study differing selection assumptions for the Austrian data. Whereas weak monotone selection assumptions provide limited identification power, reasonably stronger assumptions reduce the uncertainty on prevalence significantly.
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中文摘要:
利用自愿大规模检测的最新数据,我提供了2020年12月初奥地利各县SARS-CoV-2流行的可信范围。在估计患病率时,自然会出现数据缺失问题:未经检测的人不会产生检测结果。此外,检测并不能完全预测潜在感染。这与大规模SARS-CoV-2检测尤其相关,因为这些检测是通过快速抗原检测进行的,已知这些检测有点不精确。利用有关部分识别的文献中的见解,我提出了一个同时解决这两个问题的框架。我使用这个框架来研究奥地利数据的不同选择假设。弱单调选择假设提供的识别能力有限,而合理的强假设则显著降低了患病率的不确定性。
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分类信息:
一级分类:Economics 经济学
二级分类:General Economics 一般经济学
分类描述:General methodological, applied, and empirical contributions to economics.
对经济学的一般方法、应用和经验贡献。
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一级分类:Quantitative Finance 数量金融学
二级分类:Economics 经济学
分类描述:q-fin.EC is an alias for econ.GN. Economics, including micro and macro economics, international economics, theory of the firm, labor economics, and other economic topics outside finance
q-fin.ec是econ.gn的别名。经济学,包括微观和宏观经济学、国际经济学、企业理论、劳动经济学和其他金融以外的经济专题
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