Slums and Pandemics
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Brotherhood, L.
Cavalcanti, T.
Da Mata, D.
Santos, C.
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This paper studies the role of slums in shaping the economic and health dynamics of pandemics. Using data from millions of mobile phones in Brazil, an event-study analysis shows that residents of overcrowded slums engaged in less social distancing after t
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Covid-19, slums, health, social distancing, public policies
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Faculty of Economics & Cambridge-INET Institute, University of Cambridge