Background The objective of this study is to document whether and to what extent there is an
association between socioeconomic status (SES) and disease outcomes in the last five …

Despite common perceptions to the contrary, pandemic diseases do not affect populations
indiscriminately. In this paper, we review literature produced by demographers, historians …

Why are some communities resilient in the face of disasters, and why are others unable to
recover? We suggest that two mechanisms matter: the framing of the cause of the disaster …

Deaths during the 1918–19 influenza pandemic have been attributed to a hypervirulent
influenza strain. Hence, preparations for the next pandemic focus almost exclusively on …

The Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918–19 was one of the most devastating diseases in
history, killing perhaps as many as 50–100 million people worldwide. Much of the literature …

Indigenous communities worldwide are at higher risk of negative pandemic outcomes, and
communities Indigenous to the Arctic are disproportionately affected compared to national …

This report estimates possible macroeconomic effects of a pandemic taking place in the EU
in 2006, using a quarterly macroeconomic model. The macroeconomic costs of a pandemic …

Between August 1918 and March 1919 a flu pandemic spread across the globe and in just
under a year 40 million people had died from the virus worldwide. This is the first book to …

Evidence suggests that indigenous populations have suffered disproportionately from past
influenza pandemics. To examine any such patterns for Māori in New Zealand, we searched …

What are the consequences of a severe health shock like an influenza pandemic on fertility?
Using rich administrative data and a difference-in-differences approach, we evaluate fertility …