A Vicious Cycle

Sedik, Tahsin Saadi; Xu, Rui

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“…Past major pandemics, even though much smaller in scale, have led to a significant increase in social unrest by reducing output and increasing inequality. 120 Learning losses have not only disproportionately affected low-and middle-income countries but also vulnerable groups within each country. The children who need education the most to climb out of poverty will be the ones most likely to be deprived of it by the crisis.…”

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Collapse and Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Eroded Human Capital and What to Do about It

Schady¹,

Holla²,

Sabarwal³

et al. 2023

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Some rights reserved 1 2 3 4 26 25 24 23 This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of the data included in this work and does not assume responsibility for any errors, omissions, or discrepancies in the information, or liability with respect to the use of or failure to use the information, methods, processes, or conclusions set forth. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.Nothing herein shall constitute or be construed or considered to be a limitation upon or waiver of the privileges and immunities of The World Bank, all of which are specifically reserved.

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Section: Learning Losses Will Reduce Lifetime Earnings For Hundreds O...mentioning

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Collapse and Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Eroded Human Capital and What to Do about It

Schady¹,

Holla²,

Sabarwal³

et al. 2023

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“…While the research on the distributional impact of COVID -19 is extremely important, it is also very difficult to estimate reliably the effects of the ongoing phenomenon. For this reason, a growing literature attempts to measure the impact of pandemics on inequalities by looking at past pandemics such as the 14th century Black Death, the 1918 Spanish Flu or the 1968 H3N2 Flu (Alfani, 2020; Furceri et al, 2020; Galletta and Giommoni, 2020; Saadi-Sedik and Xu, 2020).…”

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“…The present paper contributes to the empirical literature on the effect of major past global health crises on inequalities by estimating the short- to medium-term impacts of recent pandemics on income, wealth and gender inequalities. 1 While some previous studies have already studied the impact of past pandemics on income inequality (Alfani, 2020; Furceri et al, 2020; Galletta and Giommoni, 2020; Saadi-Sedik and Xu, 2020), they have relied on income inequality measures computed from either household surveys or tax sources that either underrepresent top-income earners or do not cover the whole population (e.g. exclude non -tax-payers).…”

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The Impact of Past Pandemics on Economic and Gender Inequalities

Brzeziński

2021

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This paper estimates how previous major pandemic events affected economic and gender inequalities in the short- to medium run. We consider the impact of six major pandemic episodes - H3N2 Flu (1968), SARS (2003), H1N1 Swine Flu (2009), MERS (2012), Ebola (2014), and Zika (2016) - on cross-country inequalities in a sample of up to 180 countries observed over 1950-2019. Results show that the past pandemics have moderately increased income inequality in the affected countries in the period of four to five years after the pandemic's start. On the other hand, we do not find any robust negative impacts on wealth inequality. The results concerning gender inequality are less consistent, but we find some evidence of declining gender equality among the hardest hit countries, as well as of growing gender gaps in unemployment within the four years after the onset of the pandemic.

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The Transformation Journey, or: Why Now?

Godelnik

2021

Rethinking Corporate Sustainability in the Era of Climate Crisis

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A Vicious Cycle

Cited by 13 publications

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Collapse and Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Eroded Human Capital and What to Do about It

Collapse and Recovery: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Eroded Human Capital and What to Do about It

The Impact of Past Pandemics on Economic and Gender Inequalities

The Transformation Journey, or: Why Now?

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