Table 6. Heterogenous impact of stricter restrictions on growth rates 1.

VARIABLES	(1) Cases:Tests	(2) Deaths:Tests	(3) Cases:Tests	(4) Deaths:Tests
	< Median		> Median
	Population Density
Stringency Index (Lag 14)	-0.0014***	-0.0034***	-0.0010***	-0.0031***
	(0.0002)	(0.0011)	(0.0003)	(0.0007)
Observations	4,645	4,210	5,894	5,415
Number of country	36	35	44	43
Mean of DV	0.010	0.019	0.003	0.016
F-Stat	97.807	127.964	41.231	30.538
	Primary Education
Stringency Index (Lag 14)	-0.0005	-0.0012***	-0.0012***	-0.0034***
	(0.0005)	(0.0004)	(0.0002)	(0.0007)
Observations	2,995	2,734	7,544	6,891
Number of country	24	24	56	54
Mean of DV	0.012	0.020	0.004	0.017
F-Stat	380.081	244.774	65.763	51.179
	Poverty Head Count
Stringency Index (Lag 14)	-0.0012***	-0.0027***	-0.0004	-0.0025**
	(0.0002)	(0.0006)	(0.0004)	(0.0012)
Observations	6,171	5,717	4,368	3,908
Number of country	45	44	35	34
Mean of DV	0.003	0.017	0.010	0.017
F-Stat	68.893	51.402	15.161	8.016
	Gini Index
Stringency Index (Lag 14)	-0.0014***	-0.0030***	-0.0007***	-0.0025***
	(0.0002)	(0.0007)	(0.0003)	(0.0009)
Observations	5,321	4,825	5,218	4,800
Number of country	39	38	41	40
Mean of DV	0.003	0.020	0.009	0.015
F-Stat	48.890	38.987	29.206	17.008
	Age 65 & Older
Stringency Index (Lag 14)	-0.0005	-0.0025***	-0.0013***	-0.0027***
	(0.0003)	(0.0006)	(0.0002)	(0.0007)
Observations	3,688	3,240	6,851	6,385
Number of country	29	28	51	50
Mean of DV	0.008	0.015	0.005	0.019
F-Stat	179.510	159.559	47.027	36.699
	PM2.5
Stringency Index (Lag 14)	-0.0015***	-0.0035***	-0.0004	-0.0020***
	(0.0002)	(0.0008)	(0.0003)	(0.0005)
Observations	6,416	6,110	4,123	3,515
Number of country	48	48	32	30
Mean of DV	0.004	0.018	0.009	0.017
F-Stat	59.872	48.921	23.656	11.577
Fixed Effects	Country; Days since first case

Robust standard errors clustered at the country level.

* p < 0.10;

** p < 0.05;

*** p < 0.01.