Replication Data for 1918 Flu Pandemic Economic and Public Health Interventions Study

Giving access to the replication package for the paper 'Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence from the 1918 Flu'. It contains input data and Stata code required to reproduce the study's findings. The author is Sergio Correia, and it was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Replicate the econometric analysis from the original paper using the provided Stata code and input data
• Analyze the relationship between economic indicators and public health interventions during the 1918 flu pandemic
• Study the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (Othernpi) on economic outcomes using historical data

Strengths

• Directly supports replication of a peer-reviewed academic study on a major historical event
• Includes all necessary Stata code for analysis, ensuring methodological transparency
• Last updated in February 2026, indicating recent maintenance

Limitations

• Specific data structure, column names, row counts, and file formats are unknown from the provided input
• The dataset's scope is tied to a single study, limiting broader applicability without understanding the original paper's context
• Lack of metadata on sample size or geographic coverage makes it difficult to assess representativeness prior to download

Provenance

Source

Sergio Correia via ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Created as a replication package for an academic paper.

Time Range

Covers the period of the 1918 flu pandemic.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-23.

Geography

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