COVID-19 and the Role of Economic Conditions in French Regional Departments

Victor Ginsburgh, Glenn Magerman () and Ilaria Natali

No 2020-17, Working Papers ECARES from ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles

Abstract: The recent outbreak of Covid-19 has infected the world at an incredible speed. While there are many similarities across countries in terms of the characteristics of the epidemic spread, there are also large differences across regions. In this paper, we examine regional variation in the outbreak across continental France. We use information on the number of deaths and discharged patients from Covid-19 and socio-economic variables at the department level. Controlling for other factors, we corroborate existing evidence that, unfortunately, inequality kills: departments with more inequality face a higher incidence rate of the disease, expressed as the number of deaths and discharged (gravely ill) patients. Using covariance analysis combining both deaths and releases, we find no statistically differential relationship across factors that contribute to deaths or recoveries.

Keywords: Covid-19; France; departmental effects on the pandemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 I14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12 p.
Date: 2020-05
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