Overview
- Explains the effects of the Spanish Flu on the economy
- Analyses how inequality may be affected by pandemics
- Offers the first comprehensive and data-driven view of the effects of the Spanish Flu
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
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This Pivot book provides a framework for understanding the economic and potentially unequal effects of pandemics, focusing closely on the Spanish Flu. It provides an in-depth analysis of the different effects of the Spanish Flu on the economy from unequal mortality to wages, housing and output. There is a general review of the literature but an important feature of this book is that it explains results using data from Spain, an ideal country to perform this exercise, as its mortality data is not affected by the First World War. Spain was also developed enough to have reliable data, but it was very heterogeneous across regions which will allow a comparison of more and less developed regions. No other book exists that offers a comprehensive and data-driven view of the effects of the Spanish Flu, which is the closest pandemic example to Covid-19. With the outbreak of Covid-19 increasing the need to learn about the economic effects of pandemics, this book will be of interest to academics and students of economic history, macroeconomics (economic crises) and economic development, as well being accessible for the general reader.
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Keywords
- Unequal Mortality during the Spanish Flu
- The Spanish Flu and the Labor Market
- The Spanish Flu and the Housing Market
- The Aggregate Effects of the Spanish Flu
- Effects of Spanish Flu on Covid-19
- Effects of the Spanish Flu on the economy.
- How inequality may be affected by pandemics
- unequal
- mortality
- Spanish Flu
- pandemics
Table of contents (6 chapters)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Sergi Basco is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Barcelona, Spain.
Jordi Domènech is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain.
Joan R. Rosés is Professor in the Department of Economic History at London School of Economics, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pandemics, Economics and Inequality
Book Subtitle: Lessons from the Spanish Flu
Authors: Sergi Basco, Jordi Domènech, Joan R. Rosés
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05668-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05667-3Published: 01 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05668-0Published: 30 June 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 125
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Development Economics