School Closures, Mortality, and Human Capital: Evidence from the Universe of Closures during the 1918 Pandemic in Sweden
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- Dahl, Christian Møller & Hansen, Casper Worm & Jensen, Peter Sandholdt & Karlsson, Martin & Kühnle, Daniel, 2023. "School Closures, Mortality, and Human Capital: Evidence from the Universe of Closures during the 1918 Pandemic in Sweden," CEPR Discussion Papers 18399, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
short- and long-run effects; human capital; mortality; 1918 Pandemic; school closures;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-
- I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2023-12-18 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-HEA-2023-12-18 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2023-12-18 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-LAB-2023-12-18 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-URE-2023-12-18 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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