Online | Mecila Working Paper 60 2023

Sérgio Costa, Mariana Teixeira, and Thomás Mattos: Conviviality-Inequality during the Pandemic: The Case of Berlin. São Paulo: Mecila 2023 (Working Paper Series, No. 60).

This paper focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted social interaction and inequality in Berlin, Germany.

• It examines various aspects, including how access to protection affected infection rates, the impact of containment measures on income and well-being among different social groups, changes in household and neighborhood interactions, and shifts in online communication during social distancing.

• The study involved 2,502 households in Berlin and used telephone interviews to ensure representative responses. It analyzed the findings using three levels of inequality analysis proposed by Goran Therborn.

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