Category: COVID and Inequality

• 13th Jul 2022

  COVID and Inequality: Health

  

  In this last article, and thus the final argument of the essay, we move on to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on health inequality, and in what forms this may have taken place. In addition, we collect our arguments and state our conclusion to the question ‘How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted inequalities?’. Finally,…
• 10th Jul 2022

  COVID and Inequality: Education

  

  The second inequality we investigate in this series of articles is education inequality – how has COVID affected students, from pre-school to post-16? Education is vital for any economy, as it provides a skilled labour force and leads to future economic growth through a positive feedback loop. Therefore, when a global pandemic strikes, causing millions…
• 7th Jul 2022

  COVID and Inequality: Wealth

  

  In the first argument of the essay this is adapted from, we look at how the pandemic affected wealth inequality, whether it be positively or negatively. Firstly, wealth is defined as ‘an accumulation of valuable economic resources that can be measured in terms of either real goods or money value’[1]. As mentioned previously, the metric…
• 4th Jul 2022

  COVID and Inequality: Introduction

  

  The following series of articles will be based on and adapted from an essay I wrote for the NCH Economics Essay Competition 2022 (hence the formal language), answering the question ‘How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted inequalities?’. I was a Finalist in this competition, meaning I was in the top 5% of the 5000+ entrants…