Disease, downturns, and wellbeing: Economic history and the long-run impacts of COVID-19

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) John Parman, College of William and Mary; Vellore Arthi, University of California-Irvine

Version:  View help for Version V1

Name File Type Size Last Modified
USGDP_1790-2020_cleaned_w_2020.csv text/csv 4 KB 08/25/2020 05:56:AM
diseases-for-graph.csv text/csv 553 bytes 10/28/2020 12:19:PM
figure-3-urate-v-covid-cases.do text/x-stata-syntax 3.1 KB 06/12/2020 11:21:AM
figures-1-and-2-gdp-over-time-and-case-fatality-v-reproduction-rate.do text/x-stata-syntax 4 KB 10/28/2020 12:12:PM
population_2019.csv text/csv 1.3 KB 10/28/2020 12:18:PM
ui-data-08-25-20.csv text/csv 1.7 MB 06/11/2020 05:16:AM
us-states-08-25-20.csv text/csv 286.4 KB 08/25/2020 05:47:AM

Project Citation: 

Parman, John, and Arthi, Vellore. Disease, downturns, and wellbeing: Economic history and the long-run impacts of COVID-19. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-10-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E125441V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This repository provides the raw data files and Stata do files necessary to reproduce the figures in our article on the lessons from economic history for the potential long-run impacts of COVID-19. The underlying data in this study are all previously published data from other studies compiled here to generate new descriptive statistics about how the economic impacts of COVID-19 compare to prior pandemics. The do files include links to the original data sources.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms COVID-19; economic history
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1918 – 2020
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2020 – 2020
Universe:  View help for Universe US states
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) aggregate data; clinical data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes The underlying data in this study are all previously published data from other studies compiled here to generate new descriptive statistics about how the economic impacts of COVID-19 compare to prior pandemics.


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