International Inequality and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The lockdowns and stimulus programmes that governments have adopted to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic crisis have affected the distribution of income and production within and between countries. Considering both, current evidence indicates that the EU-wide and global inequal...

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Autor principal: Dauderstädt, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8853295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194239
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10272-022-1026-9
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Sumario:The lockdowns and stimulus programmes that governments have adopted to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated economic crisis have affected the distribution of income and production within and between countries. Considering both, current evidence indicates that the EU-wide and global inequality of disposable income did not change dramatically in 2020. However, the unequal impact on the wealth and health of people is likely to worsen income inequality in the future.

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