The role of economic structural factors in determining pandemic mortality rates: Evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak in France

Stéphane Goutte, Thomas Péran and Thomas Porcher

Research in International Business and Finance, 2020, vol. 54, issue C

Abstract: Among the majority of research on individual factors leading to coronavirus mortality, age has been identified as a dominant factor. Health and other individual factors including gender, comorbidity, ethnicity and obesity have also been identified by other studies. In contrast, we examine the role of economic structural factors on COVID-19 mortality rates. Particularly, focusing on a densely populated region of France, we document evidence that higher economic “precariousness indicators” such as unemployment and poverty rates, lack of formal education and housing are important factors in determining COVID-19 mortality rates. Our study will help inform policy makers regarding the role of economic factors in managing pandemics.

Keywords: Pandemic; COVID-19; Social distancing; Health system; Territorial vulnerabilities; Poverty; Housing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H12 I14 I18 J14 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2020.101281

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