When the Lights Go Out: The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-10189

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When the Lights Go Out: The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally

dc.contributor.author	Khan, Amjad Muhammad
dc.contributor.author	Park, Hogeun
dc.contributor.author	Roberts, Mark
dc.contributor.author	Wibisana, Putu Sanjiwacika
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-22T17:08:11Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-22T17:08:11Z
dc.date.issued	2022-09
dc.description.abstract	This paper uses high-frequency nighttime time lights data to estimate the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on economic activity during the first year of the pandemic for a global sample of 2,800 cities, covering a total population of 2.5 billion people. Activity is found to be negatively affected by both the spread of the virus and the imposition of nonpharmaceutical interventions, but the negative impacts of the spread are large compared to those of nonpharmaceutical interventions. Large differences in city trajectories are also observed. Cities in low- and middle-income countries faced a significantly larger overall loss of economic activity compared to those in high-income countries. Additionally, cities with higher population densities are found to be more resilient in the face of the global shock as compared to less dense ones, but this difference is only observed in low- and middle-income countries. Taken together, the findings suggest that the Covid-19 crisis gave rise to divergence in urban economic trajectories, both across and within countries.	en
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dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-10189
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/38047
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Papers;10189
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	COVID-19 ECONOMIC LOSS
dc.subject	NIGHTTME LIGHTS DATA
dc.subject	ESTIMATED GLOBAL PANDEMIC IMPACT
dc.subject	NONPHARMACEUTICAL COVID INTERVENTION
dc.subject	URBAN RESILIENCE
dc.subject	GLOBAL URBAN COVID IMPACT
dc.subject	HEALTH-PRESERVING BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	HIGH-DENSITY URBAN RESILIENCE
dc.title	When the Lights Go Out	en
dc.title.subtitle	The Economic Impacts of Covid-19 on Cities Globally	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
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okr.topic	Communities and Human Settlements::Urban Communities
okr.topic	Urban Development::National Urban Development Policies & Strategies
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Economics
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Financial Intermediation
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Health
okr.unit	Urban GP (SURGP), Europe and Central Asia
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