BIP! Finder - Pandemic precarity: COVID-19 is exposing and exacerbating inequalities in the American heartland

2021 • Pandemic precarity: COVID-19 is exposing and exacerbating inequalities in the American heartland

Authors: Brea L. Perry, Brian Aronson, Bernice A. Pescosolido

Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Type: Article

Abstract: The 2008 Great Recession widened socioeconomic inequities among young adults, people of color, and those without a college degree. The COVID-19 pandemic raises renewed concerns about inequality. Leveraging pre–post data from a population-representative sample of Indiana residents, we examine employment and food, housing, and financial insecurity. Comparing data before COVID-19 reached the state and during the initial stay-at-home orders, we find socioeconomic shocks disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups, controlling for prepandemic s... (read more)

Topics: Demographic economics Socioeconomics Development economics

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2020685118

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