The socioeconomic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt globally and across many sectors and population groups … evidence on how public health emergencies have negatively affected socioeconomic development pathways well beyond the crisis … duration. Here we examine the impact of malaria on the contribution of potato to the Old World's development during the 18th …

). These are, first, what determined the variation in population change across Ireland during the Great Famine decade of 1841 …

. Using population per value adjusted acre as a measure of population pressure, our results indicate that on the eve of the … Great Famine of 1846-50, population pressure was positively associated with both illiteracy rates and the prevalence of poor … quality housing. But while our analysis shows that population pressure was one of the primary factors underpinning pre …

accordingly often considered the classic example of Malthusian population economics in action. However, unlike most historical …