Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (133 Seiten)
Ausgabe:
1st ed
ISBN:
9783031056680
Serie:
Palgrave Studies in Economic History Series
Anmerkung:
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Pandemics Throughout History -- Why a Book on the Spanish Flu? -- Plan of the Book -- Notes -- References -- 2 The Spanish Flu: A Global Shock -- Origins and Chronology of the Pandemic -- Spanish Flu in the News -- Public Interventions -- A Global Shock with Local Effects -- Notes -- References -- 3 Unequal Mortality During the Spanish Flu -- Computing Mortality During Pandemics -- Unequal Mortality During the Spanish Flu -- Sex and Age Differences -- The Geographic Differences -- Socioeconomic Factors -- The Rural Penalty in Flu Mortality -- Social Distancing and Mortality -- Notes -- References -- 4 The Spanish Flu and the Labour Market -- Pandemics and Wages: The Malthusian View -- The Spanish Flu and Real Wages -- Notes -- References -- 5 The Spanish Flu and the Capital Market -- Pandemics and Capital Returns -- Pre-industrial Pandemics and Land Rents -- Modern Pandemics and Housing -- The 1918 Flu and Housing: Evidence from Spain -- Notes -- References -- 6 Taking Stock: The Aggregate Effects of the Spanish Flu -- Aggregate Effects of Pandemics -- What Have We Learnt from Past Pandemics? -- Pandemics in the Pre-industrial World -- The Spanish Flu -- COVID vs Spanish Flu: A First Assessment -- Notes -- References -- References -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Basco, Sergi Pandemics, Economics and Inequality Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 ISBN 9783031056673
Sprache:
Englisch
