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Intergenerational Coresidence and the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States

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  • Luca Pensieroso

    (Université Catholique de Louvain)

  • Alessandro Sommacal

    (Department of Economics (University of Verona))

  • Gaia Spolverini

    (Université Catholique de Louvain)

Abstract

This paper investigates the relation between intergenerational coresidence and mortality from Covid-19 in 2020. Using a crosssection of U.S. counties, we show that this association is positive, significant, and robust to the inclusion of several demographic and socio-economic controls. Furthermore, using historical evidence from pre-pandemic years (1980-2019) and the Spanish influenza (1918), we argue that this positive association is specific to the Covid-19 pandemic only.

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  • Luca Pensieroso & Alessandro Sommacal & Gaia Spolverini, 2021. "Intergenerational Coresidence and the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United States," Working Papers 10/2021, University of Verona, Department of Economics.
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    family economics; Spanish influenza; mortality; disease; health economics;
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    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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