24 April 2020 – Policy Brief
Contact Tracing Costs
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Executive summary
The economic costs of contact tracing (recruiting, training, and wages of tracers) are likely to be very small in comparison to the potential benefits of contract tracing (easing of lockdown, opening businesses)
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Date of response: 24/4/2020
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Comment on planned updates: Brief will be updated when new estimates by KOF are available
Expert groups and individuals involved: Economics
Contact persons: monika.buetler@unisg.ch (Brief by David.Dorn@econ.uzh.ch and Sturm@kof.ethz.ch)