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Why reducing relative deprivation but not reducing income inequality might bring down COVID-19 infections

We examine an assumed link between reducing inequality in income distribution, namely reducing the Gini coefficient on one hand, and improving public health in general and lowering the incidence and severity of COVID-19 in particular on the other hand. The Gini coefficient can be shown to consist of...

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Autor principal: Stark, Oded
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking, Tsinghua University and the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8690278/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jge.2021.100028