Slums and Pandemics

How do slums shape the economic and health dynamics of pandemics? A difference-in-differences analysis using millions of mobile phones in Brazil shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after the outbreak of Covid-19. We develop and calibrate a choice-theoretic equ...

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Autores: Brotherhood, Luiz, Cavalcanti, Tiago, Da Mata, Daniel, Santos, Cezar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:COVID-19
Marginació social
Barris
Política de despeses públiques
Social marginality
Neighborhood
Government spending policy
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spelling Slums and PandemicsBrotherhood, LuizCavalcanti, TiagoDa Mata, DanielSantos, CezarCOVID-19Marginació socialBarrisPolítica de despeses públiquesCOVID-19Social marginalityNeighborhoodGovernment spending policyHow do slums shape the economic and health dynamics of pandemics? A difference-in-differences analysis using millions of mobile phones in Brazil shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after the outbreak of Covid-19. We develop and calibrate a choice-theoretic equilibrium model in which individuals are heterogeneous in income and some people live in high-density slums. Slum residents account for a disproportionately high number of infections and deaths and, without slums, deaths increase in non-slum neighborhoods. Policy analysis of reallocation of medical resources, lockdowns and cash transfers produce heterogeneous effects across groups. Policy simulations indicate that: reallocating medical resources cuts deaths and raises output and the welfare of both groups; mild lockdowns favor slum individuals by mitigating the demand for hospital beds, whereas strict confinements mostly delay the evolution of the pandemic; and cash transfers benefit slum residents to the detriment of others, highlighting important distributional effects.Elsevier2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/199542Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102882Journal of Development Economics, 2022, vol. 157, num. 102882, p. 1-18https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102882cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2022http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1995422026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Slums and Pandemics
spellingShingle Slums and Pandemics
Brotherhood, Luiz
COVID-19
Marginació social
Barris
Política de despeses públiques
COVID-19
Social marginality
Neighborhood
Government spending policy
title_short Slums and Pandemics
title_full Slums and Pandemics
title_fullStr Slums and Pandemics
title_full_unstemmed Slums and Pandemics
title_sort Slums and Pandemics
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Brotherhood, Luiz
Cavalcanti, Tiago
Da Mata, Daniel
Santos, Cezar
author Brotherhood, Luiz
author_facet Brotherhood, Luiz
Cavalcanti, Tiago
Da Mata, Daniel
Santos, Cezar
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Da Mata, Daniel
Santos, Cezar
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
Marginació social
Barris
Política de despeses públiques
COVID-19
Social marginality
Neighborhood
Government spending policy
topic COVID-19
Marginació social
Barris
Política de despeses públiques
COVID-19
Social marginality
Neighborhood
Government spending policy
description How do slums shape the economic and health dynamics of pandemics? A difference-in-differences analysis using millions of mobile phones in Brazil shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after the outbreak of Covid-19. We develop and calibrate a choice-theoretic equilibrium model in which individuals are heterogeneous in income and some people live in high-density slums. Slum residents account for a disproportionately high number of infections and deaths and, without slums, deaths increase in non-slum neighborhoods. Policy analysis of reallocation of medical resources, lockdowns and cash transfers produce heterogeneous effects across groups. Policy simulations indicate that: reallocating medical resources cuts deaths and raises output and the welfare of both groups; mild lockdowns favor slum individuals by mitigating the demand for hospital beds, whereas strict confinements mostly delay the evolution of the pandemic; and cash transfers benefit slum residents to the detriment of others, highlighting important distributional effects.
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