Tubadji, A., Webber, D.J. orcid.org/0000-0002-1488-3436 and Boy, F. (2021) Cultural and economic discrimination by the Great Leveller. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 13 (S1). pp. 198-216.
Abstract
The UK has experienced substantial income and wealth inequalities at the individual and regional levels. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reveals how inherited domestic economic and cultural disparities lead to greater vulnerability, even in front of the ‘Great Leveller’. We argue that the geography of the pandemic in the UK follows the geography of deprivation and cultural and economic discrimination that existed before the pandemic. We demonstrate this through analysis of multiple deprivation and cultural (ethnic) concentration data, unemployment claims, and small business statistics, as well as lung cancer deaths in non-pandemic times and weekly death statistics during the early part of the pandemic (3/1/2020 until 27/03/2020) across England and Wales. We apply data decomposition analysis to detect this discrimination and map it against the geography of the pandemic. Our study not only illustrates the geography of the pandemic disease but also demonstrates how past cultural and economic discrimination creates vulnerable groups and places among the general public in times of exogenous shocks. Finally, we discuss our findings in light of the emerging impact of Brexit.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Authors. Regional Science Policy & Practice © 2021 Regional Science Association International. |
Keywords: | COVID-19; cultural discrimination; deprivation; economic discrimination; initial conditions; mortality; shock |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2022 07:20 |
Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2022 07:20 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/rsp3.12456 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185250 |