| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP16366 |
| DP16366 Inequality in Life and Death | |
| Martin Eichenbaum; Sérgio Rebelo; Mathias Trabandt | |
| 发表日期 | 2021-07-16 |
| 出版年 | 2021 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We argue that the Covid epidemic disproportionately affected the economic well-being and health of poor people. To disentangle the forces that generated this outcome, we construct a model that is consistent with the heterogeneous impact of the Covid recession on low- and high-income people. According to our model, two thirds of the inequality in Covid deaths reflect pre-existing inequality in comorbidity rates and access to quality health care. The remaining third, stems from the fact that low-income people work in occupations where the risk of infection is high. Our model also implies that the rise in income inequality generated by the Covid epidemic reflects the nature of the goods that low-income people produce. Finally, we assess the health-income trade-offs associated with fiscal transfers to the poor and mandatory containment policies. |
| 主题 | Macroeconomics and Growth |
| 关键词 | Epidemic Inequality Recession |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16366 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/545328 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Martin Eichenbaum,Sérgio Rebelo,Mathias Trabandt. DP16366 Inequality in Life and Death. 2021. |
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