COVID-19 will raise inequality if past pandemics are a guide. 08/05/2020
Furceri, Davide ; Loungani, Prakash ; Ostry, Jonathan David ; Pizzuto, Pietro
Centre for Economic Policy Research, London
CEPR - London
2020
epidemic disease ; social inequality ; income distribution
Income distribution
https://voxeu.org/article/covid-19-will-raise-inequality-if-past-pandemics-are-guide
English
"Major epidemics in this century have raised income inequality and hurt the employment prospects of people with low educational attainment, while scarcely affecting those with advanced degrees. This column argues that the COVID-19 pandemic could have similar distributional consequences unless this time is different and government policies end up being effective in raising boats more than yachts."
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