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The long-term consequences of the global 1918 influenza pandemic: a systematic analysis of 117 IPUMS international census data sets
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Titel: | The long-term consequences of the global 1918 influenza pandemic: a systematic analysis of 117 IPUMS international census data sets/ Sebastian Vollmer, Juditha Wójcik |
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Goettingen, Germany:
Courant Research Centre,
December 2017
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Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (circa 85 Seiten); Illustrationen |
Teil von: | Courant Forschungszentrum "Armut, Ungleichheit und Wachstum in Entwicklungsländern": Discussion papers ; no. 242 |
Zusammenfassung: | Several country-level studies, including a prominent one for the United States, have identified long-term effects of in-utero exposure to the 1918 influenza pandemic (also known as the Spanish Flu) on economic outcomes in adulthood. In-utero conditions are theoretically linked to adult health and socioeconomic status through the fetal origins or Barker hypothesis. Historical exposure to the Spanish Flu provides a natural experiment to test this hypothesis. Although the Spanish Flu was a global phenomenon, with around 500 million people infected worldwide, there exists no comprehensive global study on its long-term economic effects. We attempt to close this gap by systematically analyzing 117 Census data sets provided by IPUMS International. We do not find consistent global long-term effects of influenza exposure on education, employment and disability outcomes. A series of robustness checks does not alter this conclusion. Our findings indicate that the existing evidence on long-term economic effects of the Spanish Flu is likely a consequence of publication bias. |
Format: | E-Book Arbeitspapier Online-Publikation |
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Sprache: | Englisch |