New Policy Insight: India's Lockdown

On 24 March, the government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown of 1.3 billion people for 21 days as a preventive measure against COVID-19. Given what we know of the epidemic, it is difficult to quarrel with the prescription of social distancing and lockdown, when accompanied by state measures that provide adequate economic protection.  A new Policy Insight from CEPR Press looks at what happens when the state is unable to provide the necessary back-up welfare measures.

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Read the Vox Column here