The impact of the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic on economic performance in Sweden An investigation into the consequences of an extraordinary mortality shock

We study the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on short- and medium-term economic performance in Sweden. The pandemic was one of the severest and deadliest pandemics in human history, but it has hitherto received only scant attention in the economic literature - despite representing an unparalle...

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Volume:	36
Main Author:	Karlsson, Martin Nilsson, Therese Pichler, Stefan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM ELSEVIER 01.07.2014
published in:	Journal of health economics Vol. 36; pp. 1 - 19
Data of publication:	2014-07-01
ISSN:	0167-6296 1879-1646 1879-1646
EISSN:	1879-1646
Discipline:	Economics Public Health
Subjects:	Economics Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Business & Economics Health Policy & Services Science & Technology Employment - history Employment - statistics & numerical data Income - statistics & numerical data Models, Econometric Age Distribution History, 20th Century Humans Income - history Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 - mortality World War I Sweden - epidemiology Young Adult Influenza Pandemic, 1918-1919 - economics Geography - statistics & numerical data Almshouses - history Adolescent Employment - economics Adult Almshouses - statistics & numerical data Health administration Hälsovetenskap Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy Medical and Health Sciences Medicin och hälsovetenskap Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi Health Sciences Sweden MARKET DISEASE INFLUENZA WAR Health shock Difference-in-differences HEALTH Spanish flu
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