On plague and Ebola in a time of COVID-19

Cormac Ó Gráda

Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, 2020, vol. 16, issue 04, 10-22

Abstract: The global COVID-19 pandemic recalls the Ebola epidemic of 2014-15 and earlier much more lethal plague epidemics. All share several characteristics, even though the second and third plague epidemics dwarfed the both the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak and COVID-19 in terms of mortality. This essay reviews the mortality due to Ebola and plague and their lethality; the spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of plague mortality; the role of public action in containing the two diseases; and their economic impact. KEY Classification-JEL: I1; I18; N17; N37

Keywords: Plague; Mortality; Health; Economic history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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