Expiring Eviction Moratoriums and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and associated economic crisis have placed millions of US households at risk of eviction. Evictions may accelerate COVID-19 transmission by decreasing individuals' ability to socially distance. We leveraged variation in the expiration of eviction moratoriums in US states to test for associations between evictions and COVID-19 incidence and mortality. The study included 44 US states that instituted eviction moratoriums, followed from March 13 to September 3, 2020. We modeled associations using a difference-in-difference approach with an event-study specification. Negative binomial regression models of cases and deaths included fixed effects for state and week and controlled for time-varying indicators of testing, stay-at-home orders, school c

SUBMITTER: Leifheit KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8634574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature