Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/326882 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
UNU-MERIT Working Papers No. 2023-032
Publisher: 
United Nations University (UNU), Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht
Abstract: 
In this paper, we study the evolution of spatial inequality during the recent COVID-19 pandemic in Africa and assess if there is any association between the outbreak of the health crisis, the strictness of policy restrictions and the changes observed in spatial inequality. Using remotely sensed night time lights data, we find that spatial inequality decreased after the COVID-19 outbreak. Yet, there are huge differences within and between countries. Spatial inequality decreased in Southern and Northern African countries while it increased in Central African countries. Spatial inequality mainly decreased in countries implementing more stringent measures but also in those areas that were richer before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Subjects: 
Spatial Inequality
Real-time satellite data
COVID-19
Causal-ARIMA
Africa
JEL: 
C22
D63
I18
O55
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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