Replication data for "Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sergio Correia, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Stephan Luck, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Emil Verner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
  openicpsr-upload 08/31/2022 11:47:PM

Project Citation: 

Correia, Sergio, Luck, Stephan, and Verner, Emil. Replication data for “Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu.” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-09-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E179061V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication package for the paper "Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu".

It contains the input data as well as all the required Stata code.

Please see the README.PDF file for replication instructions.


Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms 1918 Flu Pandemic; Non-pharmaceutical interventions; NPI
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1917 – 1920
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2020 – 2022
Universe:  View help for Universe Large US cities in 1918

Methodology

Sampling:  View help for Sampling All US cities where data was available from sources
Data Source:  View help for Data Source
  • Bureau of the Census (1913). Mortality Statistics: 1910, Volume 11. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • Bureau of the Census (1922). Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Volume 1. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • Center of Military History (1988). Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War. Zone of the Interior: Territorial Departments, Tactical Divisions Organized in 1918, Posts, Camps, and Stations, Volume 3 of CMH pub. Center of Military History, United States Army.
  • Collins, S. D., W. H. Frost, M. Gover, and E. Sydenstricker (1930). Mortality from influenza and pneumonia in 50 large cities of the united states, 1910-1929. Public Health Reports (1896-1970) 45(39), 2277–2328.
  • Jorgensen, L. (1982). The San Fernando Valley: past and present. Pacific Rim Research.
  • National Industrial Conference Board (1923). A graphic analysis of the census of manufactures of the United States, 1849 to 1919. National Industrial Conference Board.
  • Navarro, J. A. and H. Markel (2016). The american influenza epidemic of 1918-1919: A digital encyclopedia. Available online at http://www.influenzaarchive.org/.
  • Setzekorn, E. B. (2017). Joining the Great War, April 1917-April 1918. CMH pub. Center of Military History, United States Army.

Geographic Unit:  View help for Geographic Unit City

Related Publications

Download this project

Published Versions

V1 [2022-09-01]

Export Metadata

Dublin Core

DDI 2.5

Report a Problem

Found a serious problem with the data, such as disclosure risk or copyrighted content? Let us know.

This material is distributed exactly as it arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.