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Title: We Need Class, Race, and Gender Sensitive Policies to Fight the COVID-19 Crisis

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Publication Year: 2020

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Abstract: Disproving the belief that the pandemic affects us all equally, data collected by New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and a piece published today in the New York Times shows that the novel coronavirus is “hitting low-income neighborhoods the hardest.”[1] In a forthcoming policy brief, we share evidence that this pattern would be the case and provide a solid explanation as to why (Nassif-Pires et al., forthcoming). Moreover, as we argue, the death tolls are also likely to be higher among poor neighborhoods and majority-minority communities. This inequality in health costs is in addition to an unequal distribution of economic costs. In short, poor and minority individuals are disproportionately feeling the impacts of this crisis. A concise version of our evidence is presented here.

Url: https://www.levyinstitute.org/blog/we-need-class-race-and-gender-sensitive-policies-to-fight-the-covid-19-crisis/

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Authors: Nassif-Pires, Luiza; Lima Xavier, Laura; Masterson, Thoma; Nikiforos, Michalis; Avila, Fernando

Publisher: Levy Institute

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Topics: Health, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity

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