Table A.2:

Parsimonious Regression Results for First-Wave COVID-19 Deaths and Cases per Million in OECD Countries, with Robust Standard Errors

Variable Names	Deaths		Cases
	Using Gini	Using SocPov	Using Gini	Using SocPov
Gini	−3.00		486.48***
	(10.32)		(144.90)
SocPov		1.50		354.69**
		(15.33)		(142.62)
Urban	8.03**	7.60**	65.28	114.20*
	(3.63)	(3.36)	(49.79)	(57.21)
Beds	−37.17***	−34.11***	−110.99	−291.96*
	(9.28)	(8.66)	(125.19)	(146.22)
FromEq	7.17*	8.39**	143.88**	77.39Ϯ
	(3.52)	(3.90)	(61.46)	(47.55)
Island	−62.31	−60.80	−2,605.69***	−1,903.71*
	(75.73)	(80.12)	(737.69)	(984.26)
Democracy	34.94**	39.52**	1,243.76***	1,030.30**
	(16.20)	(18.51)	(377.31)	(376.21)
Trust	−11.28***	−11.11***	−38.21	−31.07
	(2.76)	(2.82)	(30.45)	(37.81)
Constant	−166.86	−372.95	−31,986.25***	−18,973.90**
	(536.72)	(543.19)	(10,209.07)	(7,228.09)
N	36	36	36	36
R 2	0.722	0.721	0.711	0.605

Notes: Robust standard errors are in parentheses; see Table 1 in main text for variable definitions. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; OECD = Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

^Ϯp < 0.15;

^*p < 0.10;

^**p < 0.05;

^***p < 0.01.

Source:Author’s calculations.