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作者

Joshua Coven;Arpit Gupta;Iris Yao

来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.133,P.

语言

英文

关键字

Migration;COVID-19;Contagion;I140;J610;R410

作者单位

NYU Stern School of Business, United States;NYU Stern School of Business, United States

摘要

We document large-scale urban flight in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Regions that saw migrant influx experienced greater subsequent new COVID-19 cases, linking urban flight (as a disease vector) and coronavirus spread in destination areas. Urban residents fled to socially connected areas, consistent with the theory that individuals sheltered with friends and family, or in second homes. Populations that fled were disproportionately younger, whiter, and wealthier. The association between migration and subsequent new cases persists when instrumenting for migration with social networks.