Lives and Livelihoods : Estimates of the Global Mortality and Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

We evaluate the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively estimated using gr...

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Main Authors: Decerf, Benoit, Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Mahler, Daniel G., Sterck, Olivier
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35680