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From the pandemic to the pitch. Unraveling COVID-19′s effect on workers' performance

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  • Galindo, Arturo J.
  • Tovar, Jorge

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There is a growing body of literature on the impact of COVID-19 on workers' performance upon recovery. This paper explores that question using granular data from professional athletes. Using a difference-in-difference estimation strategy and estimating an n-dimensional performance index, we find that performance drops upon recovery during the first thirty days after infection by 13,6%. Taking advantage of Colombia's mountainous geography, our results indicate that the main driver of performance drop in athletes is performance at high altitudes.

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  • Galindo, Arturo J. & Tovar, Jorge, 2024. "From the pandemic to the pitch. Unraveling COVID-19′s effect on workers' performance," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:238:y:2024:i:c:s0165176524001617
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111678
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; Football; Soccer; Workers performance;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z2 - Other Special Topics - - Sports Economics
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J4 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets
    • H12 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Crisis Management
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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