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

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Karlsson, Martin ^a,b   Nilsson, Therese ^c,d   Pichler, Stefan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^e KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Difference in differences; Health shock; Spanish flu

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INFLUENZA; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPANISH INFLUENZA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; INCOME; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALMSHOUSES; EMPLOYMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INCOME; INFLUENZA PANDEMIC, 1918-1919; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SWEDEN; WORLD WAR I; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897950981     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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