Heterogeneity in Damages from A Pandemic.

Autor/inn/en	Finkelstein, Amy; Kocks, Geoffrey; Polyakova, Maria; Udalova, Victoria
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research
Titel	Heterogeneity in Damages from A Pandemic.
Quelle	Cambridge, Mass: National Bureau of Economic Research (2022) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	NBER working paper series. w30658
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
DOI	10.3386/w30658
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Epidemie; Morbidität; Sterblichkeit; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitspapier; Ethnische Gruppe; USA
Abstract	We use linked survey and administrative data to document and decompose the striking differences across demographic groups in both economic and health impacts of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The impacts of the pandemic on all-cause mortality and on employment were concentrated in the same racial, ethnic, and education groups, with non-White individuals and those without a college degree experiencing higher excess all-cause mortality as well as a greater employment loss. Observable differences in living arrangements and the nature of work - which likely affected exposure to the virus and to economic contractions - can explain 15 percent of the Hispanic-White difference in excess mortality, almost one-quarter of the non- Hispanic Black-White difference, and almost half of the difference between those with and without a Bachelor's degree; they can also explain 35 to 40 percent of the differences in economic damages between these groups. These findings underscore the importance of non-medical factors in contributing to the disparate impacts of public health shocks.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2024/1