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

Overview

Journal Econ Hum Biol

Specialties Biology
Social Sciences

Date 2023 Feb 4

PMID 36738638

Authors

Luca Pensieroso

Alessandro Sommacal

Gaia Spolverini

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Abstract

This paper investigates the relation between intergenerational coresidence and mortality from Covid-19 in 2020. Using a cross-section of U.S. counties, we show that this association is positive, sizeable, significant, and robust to the inclusion of several demographic and socio-economic controls. Furthermore, using evidence from past, pre-pandemic years, we argue that this positive, sizeable and significant association is somewhat specific to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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