Grain prices and mortality in Vienna, 1648-1754

Julia Casutt and Ulrich Woitek

No 461, IEW - Working Papers from Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - University of Zurich

Abstract: Class specific mortality in 17th and 18th Century Vienna shows a cyclical pattern which is related to grain price cycles in the 5-10 years range. This relationship is not stable over time. Applying spectral analysis based on time-varying VARs, it can be shown that at the beginning of the observation period, comovement of grain prices and mortality is considerably high in areas populated by lower classes of society. This comovement cannot be found in richer areas of the city and vanishes over time for the entire population of the city.

Keywords: Grain prices; mortality; Vienna; spectral analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 N33 N53 N93 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-12
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