Replication Data for 1918 Flu Pandemic Economic Impact Study

Serving as 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 and Stata code required to reproduce the study's findings on the economic effects of the 1918 influenza pandemic and public health measures.

Use Cases

• Replicate econometric analyses from the original paper using the provided Stata code and input data
• Study the relationship between Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) and economic outcomes during the 1918 pandemic
• Analyze the economic impact of the 1918 flu pandemic across different geographic units present in the data

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a published academic paper, providing clear context and methodology
• Includes complete replication code in Stata, facilitating reproducibility and extension of the research

Limitations

• Specific details on data structure, such as row count, column names, and file formats, are not provided in the input
• The dataset's scope is tied to a single historical event and study, limiting generalizability to other contexts

Provenance

Source

Sergio Correia

Collection Method

Compiled as a replication package for academic research

Time Range

Covers the period of the 1918 influenza pandemic

Freshness

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Geography

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