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Multi-scale causality analysis between COVID-19 cases and mobility level using ensemble empirical mode decomposition and causal decomposition

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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2022.127488

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COVID-19; Mobility; Ensemble empirical mode decomposition; Causal decomposition; Multi-scale causality analysis

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  1. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) , South Korea - Ministry of Science and ICT [2020R1F1A1074395]
  2. National Research Foundation of Korea [2020R1F1A1074395] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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This study investigates the causal relationship between the spread of COVID-19 and mobility level using ensemble empirical mode decomposition and causal decomposition approach. The findings show that mobility level is highly associated with the long-term variations of COVID-19 cases, and the intrastate causal strength is influenced by median age and political orientation. Interstate causality results reveal a negative association with interstate distance and a positive association with airline traffic. Clustering analysis shows that states with higher gross domestic product and more political democracy tend to adhere more to social distancing.
The global spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected the world in many ways. Due to the communicable nature of the disease, it is difficult to investigate the causal reason for the epidemic's spread sufficiently. This study comprehensively investigates the causal relationship between the spread of COVID-19 and mobility level on a multi time-scale and its influencing factors, by using ensemble empirical mode decomposition (EEMD) and the causal decomposition approach. Linear regression analysis investigates the significance and importance of the influential factors on the intrastate and interstate causal strength. The results of an EEMD analysis indicate that the mid-term and long-term domain portrays the macroscopic component of the states' mobility level and COVID-19 cases, which represents overall intrinsic characteristics. In particular, the mobility level is highly associated with the long-term variations of COVID-19 cases rather than short-term variations. Intrastate causality analysis identifies the significant effects of median age and political orientation on the causal strength at a specific time-scale, and some of them cannot be identified from the existing method. Interstate causality results show a negative association with the interstate distance and the positive one with the airline traffic in the long-term domain. Clustering analysis confirms that the states with the higher the gross domestic product and the more politically democratic tend to more adhere to social distancing. The findings of this study can provide practical implications to the policymakers that whether the social distancing policies are effectively working or not should be monitored by long-term trends of COVID-19 cases rather than short-term. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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