Ethnic minorities, income inequalities and the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from English local councils
研究了英格兰地方议会中少数族裔人口和收入不平等对新冠超额死亡率的影响，发现两者共同加剧了死亡率，呼吁政策干预。
This study examines the effects of ethnic minority populations and income inequalities on COVID-19 excess mortality within English local councils. We demonstrate empirically that councils with large ethnic minority populations and high-income inequalities exhibit higher excess mortality during the first wave of the pandemic. We further show that the association between a large ethnic minority population and high excess mortality is manifested significantly more in councils with larger income inequalities. Our findings call for immediate actions and long-term policies to address social and income inequalities as these inequalities affect population health conditions.