Download full text
(external source)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v8i2.351
Exports for your reference manager
Approximating the impact of COVID-19 on regional production in countries with scarce subnational data: a proposal and application for Argentina during the first wave
[journal article]
Abstract In this paper we propose an index to approximate the territorial economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in contexts with scarce or outdated regional data, which is often the case in developing countries. This index is based on data that are usually available in most countries: a) the sectoral prod... view more
In this paper we propose an index to approximate the territorial economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in contexts with scarce or outdated regional data, which is often the case in developing countries. This index is based on data that are usually available in most countries: a) the sectoral productive structure of the regions, b) the operational level of each sector, c) the mobility of workers in each region, and d) the possibility of remote work among sectors. The empirical application for Argentina describes the impact of the pandemic on regional production during the second and third quarters of 2020, both for the provinces and labor market areas. Our results show that the regional impact of COVID-19 on private economic activity was highly heterogeneous between and within provinces. The proposed index is also highly correlated with sporadic official data coming from national agencies, while it has a wider geographical and temporal scope, especially in terms of labor market areas.... view less
Keywords
Argentina; epidemic; economic impact; economic development (on national level); labor market; regional difference; Latin America
Classification
Political Economy
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
COVID-19; Coronavirus pandemic
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 167-186
Journal
Region: the journal of ERSA, 8 (2021) 2
ISSN
2409-5370
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed