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What is Inequality of Outcomes

Economic Impact and Recovery Following a Global Health Crisis
It occurs when individuals do not possess the same level of material wealth or overall living economic conditions as others. That is, there are differences between individuals in their living conditions.
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What Are the Potential Impacts of a Global Health Crisis on Economic Inequalities in Some Countries?
Ahmet Eren Yıldırım (Uşak University, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6900-9.ch006
Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between the COVID-19 crisis and economic inequalities in some developed and developing countries. Many institutions, like OECD, ILO, and UNDP, have released several reports deal with the relationship between COVID-19 and different kinds of inequalities. These reports generally emphasize the same problem. This study includes some indicators about the situation of education and gender inequalities in OECD countries. These indicators purely reveal that COVID-19 has negative effects on both education and gender inequalities in most of developed and developing countries. The main contribution of the study is to point out the importance of recovery policies the cover the inequality problems.
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