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Hands-off? : laissez-faire policies on Covid-19 may exacerbate health inequalities
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International journal of sociology and social policy, 2022, Vol. 42, No. 3-4, pp. 210-221
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FOLEY, William Michael, GËRXHANI, Klarita, Hands-off? : laissez-faire policies on Covid-19 may exacerbate health inequalities, International journal of sociology and social policy, 2022, Vol. 42, No. 3-4, pp. 210-221, [SPS] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/67672
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This paper establishes an association between income and the likelihood of seeking medical treatment for Covid-19 symptoms in some countries. We provide an explanation for this income effect based on the stringency of government response to the pandemic and the unequal distribution of agency among social classes.
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Published online: 1 July 2020