and compare two important components of those losses - increased mortality and higher poverty - using years of human life … pandemic. The mortality burden, whether estimated in lives or in years of life lost, increases sharply with GDP per capita. The … burden of the pandemic, relative to the mortality burden, is much higher for poor countries. The distribution of aggregate …

associated with higher mortality rates. During years when GDP falls, death rates rise, primarily in emerging market and … increases in mortality. In contrast, booms or periods of subdued growth are not associated with a marked decline in death rates … may be understated if the impact of the coronavirus recession is neglected. …