Understanding How Socioeconomic Inequalities Drive Inequalities in SARS-CoV-2 Infections
| Autor: | Luis Hernandez, Martha J. Vives, Eduardo Behrentz, Duncan Webb, Danilo Aristizabal, Silvia Restrepo, Camilo De Los Rios, Norbert Schady, Andrea Ramirez Varela, Giancarlo Buitrago, Zulma M. Cucunubá, Rachid Laajaj, Alejandro Gaviria, Fernando de la Hoz, Raquel Bernal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Inequality
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) media_common.quotation_subject Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Psychological intervention Disadvantaged law.invention Transmission (mechanics) Geography law Development economics Pandemic Socioeconomic inequalities media_common |
| Zdroj: | SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| ISSN: | 1556-5068 |
| Popis: | Across the world, the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected economically disadvantaged groups. This differential impact has numerous possible explanations, each with significantly different policy implications. We examine, for the first time in a low- or middle-income country, which mechanisms best explain the disproportionate impact of the virus on the poor. Combining an epidemiological model with rich data from BogotAi, Colombia, we show that total infections and inequalities in infections are largely driven by inequalities in the inability to work remotely and in within-home secondary attack rates. Inequalities in isolation behavior are less important but non-negligible, while access to testing and contract-tracing plays practically no role. Interventions that mitigate transmission are often more effective when targeted on socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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