The 1918 influenza pandemic and its lessons for COVID-19

B Beach, K Clay, M Saavedra - Journal of Economic Literature, 2022 - aeaweb.org
This article reviews the global health and economic consequences of the 1918 influenza
pandemic, with a particular focus on topics that have seen a renewed interest because of …

Pandemics depress the economy, public health interventions do not: Evidence from the 1918 flu

S Correia, S Luck, E Verner - The Journal of Economic History, 2022 - cambridge.org
We study the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on mortality and economic
activity across US cities during the 1918 Flu Pandemic. The combination of fast and stringent …

What can we learn from historical pandemics? A systematic review of the literature

Á Doran, CL Colvin, E McLaughlin - Social science & medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
What are the insights from historical pandemics for policymaking today? We carry out a
systematic review of the literature on the impact of pandemics that occurred since the …

Modern infectious diseases: macroeconomic impacts and policy responses

DE Bloom, M Kuhn, K Prettner - Journal of Economic Literature, 2022 - aeaweb.org
We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics
since the late twentieth century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth …

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

M Karlsson, T Nilsson, S Pichler - Journal of health economics, 2014 - Elsevier
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 …

Globalization and pandemics

P Antràs, SJ Redding, E Rossi-Hansberg - American Economic Review, 2023 - aeaweb.org
We provide theory and evidence on the relationship between globalization and pandemics.
Business travel facilitates trade and travel leads to human interactions that transmit disease …

The possible macroeconomic impact on the UK of an influenza pandemic

MR Keogh‐Brown, S Wren‐Lewis… - Health …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about the possible impact of an influenza pandemic on a nation's economy.
We applied the UK macroeconomic model 'COMPACT'to epidemiological data on previous …

The sooner, the better: the economic impact of non‐pharmaceutical interventions during the early stage of the COVID‐19 pandemic

A Demirgüç‐Kunt, M Lokshin… - Economics of Transition …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper estimates the economic impact of the non‐pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)
implemented by countries in Europe and Central Asia during the initial stages of the COVID …

Impact of COVID-19 on manufacturing and supply networks—The case for AI-inspired digital transformation

T Wuest, A Kusiak, T Dai, SR Tayur - Available at SSRN 3593540, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Manufacturing and supply networks worldwide are undergoing digital transformation under
the umbrella of Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. Just as companies embrace digital …

[PDF][PDF] Pandemic economics: The 1918 influenza and its modern-day implications

TA Garrett - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 2008 - Citeseer
Many predictions of the economic and social costs of a modern-day pandemic are based on
the effects of the influenza pandemic of 1918. Despite killing 675,000 people in the United …