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Outline-Pandemics Income and Inequality

Research question; What is the effect of the pandemic on income inequality?

Thesis statement; There is a positive relationship between pandemics and epidemics in relation to income inequality, pandemics create a greater room for income inequality particularly for developing countries.

Topic Sentence 1: The pandemic has exacerbated preexisting inequalities in the labor market consequently leading to income in inequality.

Example 1: According to Chen et al. (2021), pandemics and epidemics contribute to income inequalities through creating an atmosphere that is not conducive for people with lower income to work.

Wrap up sentences; During the coronavirus pandemic, people had to work from home. This was an advantage to persons that worked in the office department since working from home would not be as challenging. However, for persons working manual labor jobs such as packaging this would be quite stressful, it would make the company lay off most of the people. Consequently, the pandemic widened the inequalities in the labor market leading to income inequality.

Topic Sentence 2: Pandemics and epidemics lead to loss of resources thus creating room for income inequality.

Example 2: According to Esseau-Thomas et al. (2021), lead to loss of resources by claiming a lot of productive lives.

Wrap up sentences; During the coronavirus pandemic, a lot of lives were claimed. This is not the only time where a pandemic or epidemic claimed people’s lives, there have been other epidemics such as Ebola and zika virus. These pandemics claimed the lives of people paralyzing income-generating activities for families and countries at large.

Topic Sentence 3; Pandemics are abrupt therefore making it difficult to set forth policies for recovery.

Example 3; According to Davide et al. (2021), pandemics are abrupt and the governments in most cases are not prepared, consequently, leading to income inequalities.

Wrap-up sentences; When a government allocates its budget, most of the time, the idea of a pandemic is not considered. Consequently, when an epidemic or a pandemic occurs, the budget of the nation is shaken as it tries to recover. After the pandemic, governments find it hard to set forth policies to help recollect the economic stability of the country, thus leading to income inequality.

Topic sentence 4; Pandemics lower income quality.

Example 4; According to Esseau-Thomas et al. (2021), pandemics lower the income quality of a country.

Wrap up sentences; During a pandemic, the mortality rate is high as the pandemic claims lives of a significant portion of the population. This paralyzes the production ability of a country while also lowering the income quality. A good example is during the coronavirus pandemic whereby people were laid off from their work, thus receiving half their salaries while the prices of products had increased significantly.

Conclusion; Pandemics and epidemics lead to income inequality.

Review; Pandemics and epidemics exacerbate preexisting inequalities in the labor market, lead to loss of resources, and lower the quality of income. Furthermore, pandemics and epidemics are abrupt, making it hard for countries to set forth recovery policies thus leading to income inequality

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Research Paper Draft: Pandemics and Income Inequality

In late 2019, China was battling a virus that came to be known as COVID-19. The virus quickly spread across the globe. Countries were paralyzed as everything came to a standstill in a bid to stop the spread of the virus. Lockdowns had been placed as people were mandated to stay indoors and work remotely from home. Learning was done online, and public places were no longer open. This is not the first time the world has witnessed a pandemic. There have been different times in history when the world faced different pandemics and epidemics. Some of the world's deadliest plagues ever experienced apart from COVID-19 include; the plague of Justinian, the black death, new world smallpox, the third plague, 1918 flu, and HIV/AIDS. There have also been other plagues that, although not experienced globally, affected a significant part of the world. Some of them are Ebola and the Bubonic plague. From the experience of COVID-19, it is quite evident that pandemics and epidemics bring about a lot of effects. Some of the effects include death, pandemics claiming a lot of lives, and the economy is affected. In light of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, this essay would like to discuss the effects of pandemics on income inequality. This essay aims to argue through facts that pandemics lead to income inequality in countries by exacerbating preexisting inequalities in the labor market, leading to loss of resources, lowering income quality, and disrupting normal activities, thus making it hard to set policies for a quicker economic recovery.

Pandemics and epidemics exacerbate preexisting inequalities in the labor market, consequently leading to income inequality. Globally, there exist inequalities in the labor market. Some of these inequalities include; unequal employment opportunities, wages and hours worked, dimensions of employment, and employment protection, among other factors. These existing factors make it hard for people to have equal income, thus creating income inequality. The presence of a pandemic, as witnessed with the COVID-19 pandemic, aggravates the situation making income inequality much worse than before. According to Chen et al. (2021), pandemics and epidemics contribute to income inequalities by creating an atmosphere that is not conducive for people with lower incomes to work. During the coronavirus pandemic, people had to work from home. This was an advantage to persons that worked in the office department since working from home would not be as challenging. However, for persons working manual labor jobs such as packaging, this would be quite stressful, and it would make the company lay off most of the people. Furthermore, certain companies had to close, and several people were laid off due to low profits. The income inequality became widened because the pandemic had taken over the general income generating activities. Consequently, the pandemic widened the inequalities in the labor market leading to income inequality. Apart from exacerbating the work environment and widening the gap in income inequality, pandemics also lead to the loss of essential resources for generating income.

Works Cited

Chen, Tiejun Gozgor, Giray and Kwong Giray.” Pandemics and Income Inequality: What Do the Data Tell for the Globalization Era? Front. Public Health”.2021

Davide Furceri, Prakash Loungani, Jonathan D. Ostry, and Pietro Pizzuto.” The Rise in Inequality after Pandemics: Can Fiscal Support Play a Mitigating Role?” IMF Working paper. 2021

Esseau-Thomas, Chrys Galarraga and Khalifa Sherif. “Epidemics, pandemics and income inequality” Health Economics Review (2022) 12:7

Current instructions:

, you will write your Complete Essay 3 Research Paper (1,200 words minimum). Be sure to incorporate the feedback you receive on your introduction and first body paragraph into this final paper. Here, you will flesh out your remaining body paragraphs and your conclusion. You will include your Works Cited page at the end.