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JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
卷 157, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102882
关键词
Covid-19; Slums; Health; Social distancing; Public policies
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资金
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior-Brasil (CAPES) [001]
- Faperj
- Keynes Fund
- Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation System [PID2020-114040RB-I00]
A study in Brazil shows that residents of slums engaged in less social distancing during the Covid-19 outbreak. The study finds that slum residents account for a disproportionately high number of infections and deaths, and without slums, deaths increase in non-slum neighborhoods. Policy analysis shows that reallocating medical resources, implementing mild lockdowns, and providing cash transfers have varying effects on different groups.
How do slums shape the economic and health dynamics of pandemics? A difference-in-differences analysis using millions of mobile phones in Brazil shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after the outbreak of Covid-19. We develop and calibrate a choice-theoretic equilibrium model in which individuals are heterogeneous in income and some people live in high-density slums. Slum residents account for a disproportionately high number of infections and deaths and, without slums, deaths increase in non-slum neighborhoods. Policy analysis of reallocation of medical resources, lockdowns and cash transfers produce heterogeneous effects across groups. Policy simulations indicate that: reallocating medical resources cuts deaths and raises output and the welfare of both groups; mild lockdowns favor slum individuals by mitigating the demand for hospital beds, whereas strict confinements mostly delay the evolution of the pandemic; and cash transfers benefit slum residents to the detriment of others, highlighting important distributional effects.
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