Open AccessINEQUALTIY PANDEMIC: NEW DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL DISPARITY UNDER CORONACRISIS
Author(s) -
В. Миловидов
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
naučnye trudy volʹnogo èkonomičeskogo obŝestva rossii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2072-2060
DOI - 10.38197/2072-2060-2021-228-2-59-81
Subject(s) - inequality , poverty , development economics , context (archaeology) , vulnerability (computing) , pandemic , economic inequality , globalization , welfare , social inequality , developing country , economics , economic growth , political science , demographic economics , covid-19 , geography , medicine , market economy , mathematical analysis , mathematics , computer security , archaeology , disease , pathology , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The article examines the problem of inequality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has significantly changed the usual criteria for assessing inequality, revealing the significant vulnerability of citizens living mainly in highly developed countries of the world. These countries have modern health care and welfare system with lower poverty levels than one in low-income developing countries. Based on the methodological approaches of the theory of social choice and the theory of economic welfare, the author shows the transformation of views on inequality and notes a decrease in economic factors of inequality with a significant increase in non-economic, subjective, behavioral factors. The article analyzes the relationship between the number of COVID-19 cases in different countries and indicators of economic growth, globalization, health security of citizens, and those characterizing people’s living standards. The author analyses data for individual countries and regions of the world.