A replication package for a 2022 Journal of Economic History article analyzing the U.S. economy during the 1918-19 Spanish Influenza pandemic. It contains high-frequency economic data from that period. The author is Francois R. Velde.
Use Cases
- Analyze high-frequency economic indicators to assess the pandemic's impact on U.S. economic activity.
- Replicate the econometric analysis from the associated 2022 Journal of Economic History publication.
- Study the relationship between public health crises and economic outcomes using historical data from 1918-19.
Strengths
- Data supports a peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Economic History from March 2022.
- Focuses on a specific, significant historical event: the 1918-19 Spanish Influenza pandemic.
- Provides high-frequency data for economic analysis during a crisis period.
Limitations
- Specific data columns, row counts, and file formats are not described in the input.
- The dataset's temporal coverage is limited to the years of the pandemic, 1918-19.
- The geographic scope is confined to the United States, limiting cross-country comparisons.
Provenance
- Source
- ICPSR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Replication package for a published academic article.
- Time Range
- 1918-1919
- Freshness
- The dataset was last updated on 2026-02-23.
- Geography
- United States