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Understanding the Racial and Income Gap in COVID-19: Social Distancing, Pollution, and Demographics

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This is the third post in a series looking to explain the gap in COVID-19 intensity by race and by income. In the first two posts, we have investigated whether comorbidities, uninsurance, hospital resources, and home and transit crowding help explain the income and minority gaps. Here, we continue our investigation by looking at three additional potential channels: the fraction of elderly people, pollution, and social distancing at the beginning of the pandemic in the county. We aim to understand whether these three factors affect overall COVID-19 intensity, whether the income and racial gaps of COVID-19 can be further explained when we additionally include these factors, and whether and to what extent these factors independently account for income and racial gaps in COVID-19 intensity (without controlling for the factors considered in the other posts in this series).

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  • , 2021. "Understanding the Racial and Income Gap in COVID-19: Social Distancing, Pollution, and Demographics," Liberty Street Economics 20210112c, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednls:89425
    Note: Heterogeneity Series V: The Racial and Income Gap in COVID-19
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; heterogeneity; race; social distancing; pollution;
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    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality

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