Pandemics, Economics and Inequality: Lessons from the Spanish Flu

by Joan R. Roses, Jordi Domènech, Sergi Basco

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031056671
• ISBN13: 9783031056673
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"