Do socioeconomic inequalities increase the spread of COVID-19 in Turkey?

Alpay Arı, Hülya Özkan Özdemir, Fatmanur Karaman Kabadurmuş, Selma Tosun and Durmus Ozdemir

Applied Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 30, issue 13, 1776-1779

Abstract: This paper clarifies the medical and socio-economic factors affecting the prevalence of COVID-19 by using clinical and survey data in a binary probit model. Socio-economic factors are associated with risk of infection and can increase exposure to and mortality from COVID-19. Inequalities in socio-economic variables affect the prevalence to different degrees. Disparities in education and poverty are more important than being employed or being a smoker for the spread of COVID-19, we find evidence that confirms the hypothesis.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2082367

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