Demographic and social issues of the pandemic
description: The article begins with a small paragraph on why it is necessary to carefully assess operational data on morbidity and mortality from coronavirus. Further, the author discusses the complex of possible geo-spatial, demographic, socio-economic, socio-cultural and political factors of unequal impact of morbidity and overmortality from COVID-19 on various social groups and territories; hypothesize about the demographic and gender consequences of the pandemic and its accompanying economic recession in the short-term and long-term period. The author comes to the conclusion that the pandemic will have minor demographic consequences or won’t have any. And despite a number of negative effects, the pandemic offers a window of opportunity for the development of gender equality.
creator: Irina E. Kalabikhina
source: Население и экономика
publisher: Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics
date: 2020
identifier: DOI: 10.3897/popecon.4.e53891
coverage: Economic theory. Demography