Regional disparity of covid-19 infections: an investigation using state-level Indian data

Parantap Basu and Ritwik Mazumder
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Ritwik Mazumder: Assam University

Indian Economic Review, 2021, vol. 56, issue 1, No 9, 215-232

Abstract: Abstract Using the state-level panel data for India, we establish that Covid infections are clustered in more urbanized, and prosperous states. Poverty lowers cases showing evidence of herd immunity of poor which stands in sharp contrast with the developed part of the world. Our dynamic panel regression results indicate that Covid infections are persistent across states and unlocking has aggravated the infections. We also find that richer and more urbanised states with better health infrastructure and governance perform more tests. The policy lesson from this exercise is that the authorities should monitor immunization and Covid protocols in densely populated urban areas.

Keywords: Covid-19 infections; Covid testing; Herd immunity; Urbanization; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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