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Impacto económico, demográfico y social de la pandemia de gripe española en Bizkaia (1918-1920)

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  • Mikel Erkoreka

    (UPV/EHU. Centro de Documentación e Investigación del Concierto Económico y las Haciendas Forales)

  • Josu Hernando

    (UPV/EHU. Basque Museum of the History of Medicine)

  • Eduardo J. Alonso

    (UPV/EHU. Centro de Documentación e Investigación del Concierto Económico y las Haciendas Forales)

  • Anton Erkoreka

    (UPV/EHU. Basque Museum of the History of Medicine)

Abstract

El artículo analiza las consecuencias sanitarias y demográficas de la pandemia de gripe española en Bizkaia en relación con indicadores económicos, laborales y hacendísticos. Primeramente, se analiza la evolución y distribución de las tasas de mortalidad atribuibles a la pandemia. El impacto en la mortalidad fue mayor en los municipios industriales, apreciándose una relación entre el tamaño y la densidad de población y la incidencia de la pandemia. En segundo lugar, se analiza el impacto de la pandemia sobre la economía provincial. El artículo concluye que el sector empresarial y la hacienda pública vizcaína no sufrieron de manera ostensible el impacto de la pandemia sobre sus cuentas y actividad. El análisis demográfico y sanitario se basa principalmente en el Registro Civil y el Boletín Estadístico de Bilbao. El análisis económico y presupuestario se fundamenta en la documentación empresarial y las fuentes oficiales y presupuestarias de las principales instituciones públicas vizcaínas. KEY Classification-JEL: H51; I18; J1; N34

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  • Mikel Erkoreka & Josu Hernando & Eduardo J. Alonso & Anton Erkoreka, 2021. "Impacto económico, demográfico y social de la pandemia de gripe española en Bizkaia (1918-1920)," Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, Asociación Española de Historia Económica, vol. 17(02), pages 42-53.
    • Handle: RePEc:ahe:invest:v:17:y:2021:i:02:p:42-53
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    Keywords

    Gripe española; Pandemias; Economía; Hacienda pública;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-

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