Covid-19: cities get hit first, but do not necessarily get hit harder

Carozzi, Felipe; Provenzano, Sandro; Roth, Sefi

Covid-19: cities get hit first, but do not necessarily get hit harder

Felipe Carozzi, Sandro Provenzano and Sefi Roth

Is there a link between population density and COVID-19 spread and severity in the United States? Felipe Carozzi, Sandro Provenzano and Sefi Roth (Centre for Economic Performance, LSE) found denser locations were more likely to have an early outbreak, but do not necessarily suffer more in the longer run. Urban areas are often places of intense ? Continued

19 August 2020

LSE Covid-19

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/08/19/covid-19-cities-get-hit-first-but-do-not-necessarily-get-hit-harder/

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