A Vicious Cycle : How Pandemics Lead to Economic Despair and Social Unrest /

In this paper we analyze the dynamics among past major pandemics, economic growth, inequality, and social unrest. We provide evidence that past major pandemics, even though much smaller in scale than COVID-19, have led to a significant increase in social unrest by reducing output and increasing ineq...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Saadi Sedik, Tahsin
Rannpháirtithe: Xu, Rui
Formáid: IRIS
Teanga:English
Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Sraith:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/216
Rochtain ar líne:Full text available on IMF