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COVIVAT Working Paper, 2020, 1
Oorspronkelijke titel: The Income Gradient in Mortality during the Covid-19 Crisis: Evidence from Belgium
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05-05-2022
We use population-wide data from linked administrative registers to study the distributional pattern of mortality before and during the Covid-19 pandemic in Belgium. Excess mortality is only found among those aged 65 and over. For this group, we find a significant negative income gradient in excess mortality, with excess deaths in the bottom income decile more than twice as high as in the top income decile for both men and women. However, given the high inequality in mortality in normal times, t…
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