Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; Pichler, Stefan - 2012
-quality administrative data from Sweden, we estimate the effects on earnings, capital returns and poverty. We find that the pandemic led to a …We study the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on economic performance in Sweden. The pandemic was one of the … significant increase in poverty rates. There is also relatively strong evidence that capital returns were negatively affected by …