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Urban or Rural Areas - Who is More Affected by Corona?

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  • Felix Rösel
  • Selina Schulze Spüntrup

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In this study, we investigate whether in Germany the coronavirus spreads more in the cities or in the countryside. Our results show that, surprisingly, the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020 tended to affect rural areas in Germany. In the second wave since summer 2020, however, the infection rates in the large cities are significantly higher.

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  • Felix Rösel & Selina Schulze Spüntrup, 2020. "Urban or Rural Areas - Who is More Affected by Corona?," ifo Dresden berichtet, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 27(06), pages 09-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifodre:v:27:y:2020:i:06:p:09-11
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    1. Klaus Desmet & Romain Wacziarg, 2020. "Understanding Spatial Variation in COVID-19 across the United States," NBER Working Papers 27329, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Andreas Mense & Claus Michelsen, 2020. "Räumliche Ausbreitung von COVID-19 durch interregionale Verflechtungen [Spatial Interregional Spread of COVID-19 Through Commuter Interdependence]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 100(6), pages 416-421, June.
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