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The coronavirus and the Great Influenza Epidemic : lessons from the "Spanish Flu" for the coronavirus's potential effects on mortality and economic activity
Barro, Robert J.; Ursúa, José F.; Weng, Joanna - 2020
Mortality and economic contraction during the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Epidemic provide plausible upper bounds for ….0 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths when applied to current population. Regressions with annual …
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The international economics of natural resources and growth
Thorvaldur Gylfason (contributor) - 2007
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Institutions and economic growth in historical perspective : part 2
Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.; Carus, A. W. - 2014
This is Part 2 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371915
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Institutions and economic growth in historical perspective : part 1
Ogilvie, Sheilagh C.; Carus, A. W. - 2014
This is Part 1 of a two-part paper which surveys the historical evidence on the role of institutions in economic growth. The paper provides a critical scrutiny of a number of stylized facts widely accepted in the growth literature. It shows that private-order institutions have not historically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371916
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Geography, institutions, and the making of comparative development
Auer, Raphael A. - 2012
. -- growth ; institutions ; geography ; comparative development ; colonialism …
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Population aging and economic growth : from demographic dividend to demographic drag?
Kotschy, Rainer; Bloom, David E. - 2023
throughout much of the world. Expansions of labor supply due to improvements in functional capacity among older people can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332127
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Government repression and the death toll from natural disasters
Costa, Samia - 2012
Natural disasters have been a major cause of human suffering. Countries with higher income, lower inequality, lower corruption, and more democratic regimes have been found to experience less casualties from disasters. Government repression, however, could also play a role in disaster...
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Do labor market institutions influence suicide mortality? : an international panel data analysis
Breuer, Christian; Rottmann, Horst - 2014
We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period … a large body of literature our results suggest that unemployment increases suicide mortality, while real economic growth … relatively strict employment protection regulations have a positive influence on suicide mortality. These findings indicate that …
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The effect of public corruption on Covid-19 fatality rate : a cross-country examination
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2021
This paper evaluates whether the level of public corruption influences COVID-19 case fatality rates. Using cross-section data, including 64 countries and multiple regression techniques, we find that the level of corruption is positively and significantly associated with COVID-19 human costs....
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Transportation costs and the great divergence
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2014
This work shows the asymmetric effect of the reduction in transportation costs across different sectors in the process of the Great Divergence. Specifically, the analysis indicates that reductions in transportation costs of industrial goods enhance convergence of the growth rates of trading...
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