Demographic and social issues of the pandemic

Irina Kalabikhina ()

Population and Economics, 2020, vol. 4, issue 2, 103-122

Abstract: The article begins with a small paragraph on why it is necessary to carefully assess operational data on morbidity and mortality from coronavirus. Further, the author discusses the complex of possible geo-spatial, demographic, socio-economic, socio-cultural and political factors of unequal impact of morbidity and overmortality from COVID-19 on various social groups and territories; hypothesize about the demographic and gender consequences of the pandemic and its accompanying economic recession in the short-term and long-term period. The author comes to the conclusion that the pandemic will have minor demographic consequences or won't have any. And despite a number of negative effects, the pandemic offers a window of opportunity for the development of gender equality.

Keywords: coronavirus; COVID-19; operational; data; gender; equality; consequences; demography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J10 J11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.3897/popecon.4.e53891

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