The evidence on the demographics of COVID-19 fatalities points to an overrepresentation of minorities and an underrepresentation of women. We investigate the joint impact of race and gender using individual-level georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County Medical Examiner, which we structure as a cell-level panel at a race, block group, week, and year level. Through an event study approach, we establish that Black individuals are affected more harshly than White and that the effect is driven by Black women. The Black female bias is associated with occupational segregation in the health care and transportation sectors and by commuting on public transport.
JUE Insight: COVID-19, Race, and Gender / Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo. - In: JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS. - ISSN 1095-9068. - 141:(2024), pp. 1-17. [10.1016/j.jue.2022.103484]
JUE Insight: COVID-19, Race, and Gender
Graziella Bertocchi
;Arcangelo Dimico
2024
Abstract
The evidence on the demographics of COVID-19 fatalities points to an overrepresentation of minorities and an underrepresentation of women. We investigate the joint impact of race and gender using individual-level georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County Medical Examiner, which we structure as a cell-level panel at a race, block group, week, and year level. Through an event study approach, we establish that Black individuals are affected more harshly than White and that the effect is driven by Black women. The Black female bias is associated with occupational segregation in the health care and transportation sectors and by commuting on public transport.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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