COVID-19 and the role of inequality in French regional departments.

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Tytuł:: COVID-19 and the role of inequality in French regional departments.
Autorzy:: Ginsburgh V; ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Magerman G; ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and I3h, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. .
Natali I; ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and I3h, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Źródło:: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care [Eur J Health Econ] 2021 Mar; Vol. 22 (2), pp. 311-327. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jan 02.
Typ publikacji:: Journal Article
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Original Publication: Berlin : Springer-Verlag, c2001-
MeSH Terms:: Health Status Disparities*
COVID-19/*epidemiology
Income/*statistics & numerical data
Pneumonia, Viral/*epidemiology
COVID-19/mortality ; France/epidemiology ; Humans ; Pandemics ; Pneumonia, Viral/mortality ; Pneumonia, Viral/virology ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Vulnerable Populations
References:: J Urban Econ. 2021 Mar 11;:103332. (PMID: 33723466)
Grant Information:: 40003508 Fonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
Contributed Indexing:: Keywords: COVID-19; Departmental effects on the pandemic; France
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20210102 Date Completed: 20210218 Latest Revision: 20220218
Update Code:: 20240105
PubMed Central ID:: PMC7776317
DOI:: 10.1007/s10198-020-01254-0
PMID:: 33387139
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In this paper, we examine the variation in the outbreak of COVID-19 across departments in continental France. We use information on the cumulated number of deaths, discharged patients and infections from COVID-19 at the department level, and study how these relate to income inequality, controlling for other factors. We find that unfortunately, inequality kills: departments with higher income inequality face more deaths, more discharged (gravely ill) patients and more infections. While other papers have studied the impact of the level of income on the severity of COVID-19, we find that it is in fact the dispersion across incomes within the same department that drives the results. Our results suggest that individuals in relatively more precarious conditions deserve dedicated policies, to avoid that temporary shocks such as COVID-19 lead to permanent increases in inequality.

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