Abstract

COVID-19 has triggered an unprecedented health crisis, crippling economic activity around the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse European countries' vulnerability to the associated consequences. The analysis will focus on three areas that a priori are expected to be most severely affected by the pandemic – health, society and work – examining the possible relationship with countries’ wealth. The multicriteria decision-making Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) will be used to generate a ranking of countries based on criteria that define each of these three areas. The findings will provide authorities with quantitative information to guide their aid policies. The results show that Eastern European countries should direct their resources towards addressing health-related and social issues. Conversely, those that have higher GDP per capita and that have been hardest hit by coronavirus will have to make changes to their labour systems in order to minimize the fallout.

摘要

COVID-19 引发了一场史无前例的健康危机，削弱了世界各地的经济活动。本文的目的是分析欧洲国家对相关后果的脆弱性。该分析将侧重于先验预计受疫情影响最严重的三个领域——健康、社会和工作——研究与国家财富的可能关系。与理想解相似的订单偏好多准则决策技术(TOPSIS) 将用于根据定义这三个领域的标准生成国家排名。调查结果将为当局提供定量信息，以指导其援助政策。结果表明，东欧国家应将其资源用于解决与健康相关的社会问题。相反，那些人均 GDP 较高且受冠状病毒影响最严重的国家将不得不改变他们的劳动力系统，以尽量减少影响。