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The shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170449
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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171007
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The shadow of the neolithic revolution on life expectancy : a double-edged sword
Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - 2022
This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164530
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Globalization and outbreak of COVID-19 : an empirical analysis
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Feizi, Mehdi; Fereidouni, … - 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between globalization, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 … cannot explain cross-country differences in COVID-19 confirmed deaths. The fatalities of coronavirus are mostly explained by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219663
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An old plug and a new virus : effect of public corruption on the Covid-19 immunization progress
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Hofmann, Hans Philipp - 2021
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has resulted in the death of over four million people since late 2019. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012622723
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Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis to Reduce Mortality of Future Infectious Diseases in Society
Coccia, Mario - 2021
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the strain of novel coronavirus that causes Coronavirus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252433
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International Disease Epidemics and the Shadow Economy
Berdiev, Aziz - 2020
Adding to the emerging body of research related to the current coronavirus crisis, this paper studies the impact of … epidemics have implications for economic policies in the current times of coronavirus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828116
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The Long-Term Consequences of the Global 1918 Influenza Pandemic : A Systematic Analysis of 117 IPUMS International Census Data Sets
Vollmer, Sebastian - 2017
Several country-level studies, including a prominent one for the United States, have identified long-term effects of in-utero exposure to the 1918 influenza pandemic (also known as the Spanish Flu) on economic outcomes in adulthood. In-utero conditions are theoretically linked to adult health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941832
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The Political Economy of Health Epidemics : Evidence from the Ebola Outbreak
Maffioli, Elisa M. - 2020
This paper investigates how political incentives affect the government's response during a health epidemic, and the … affected by the epidemic. Voters, in turn, react by rewarding the incumbent government in areas where additional resources were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012849347
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The long-term consequences of the global 1918 influenza pandemic : a systematic analysis of census data from 51 countries
Wójcik, Juditha; Bommer, Christian; Naeher, Dominik; … - 2022
Several country-level studies have identified long-term adverse effects of in-utero exposure to the 1918 influenza pandemic (also known as the Spanish Flu) on economic outcomes. In-utero conditions are theoretically linked to adult health and socio-economic status through the fetal origins...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435379