Browsing by Author "Galofré-Vilà, Gregori"
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The costs of hyperinflation: Germany 1923
(2021) Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak
I study the link between monetary policy and populism by looking at the hyperinflation in Germany in 1923, one of the worst spells of inflation in history, and the Nazi electoral boost in 1933. Contrary to received wisdom, ... -
A lesson from history? The 1918 influenza pandemic and the rise of Italian fascism: a cross-city quantitative and historical text qualitative analysis
Galofré-Vilà, Gregori; Gómez León, María
; Stuckler, David (2021)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak
Objectives: Evidence linking past experiences of worsening health and support for radical political views has generated concerns about the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The influenza pandemic that began in 1918 ... -
Provincial health inequalities in Spain since 1860
Galofré-Vilà, Gregori; Gómez León, María (2021)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak
Using annual mortality rates at the provincial level for men and women, we construct a Gini index to estimate changes in regional health inequalities since 1860 in Spain. We find a long steady decline in health inequality ... -
Quantifying the mortality impact of the 1935 old-age assistance
(Oxford, 2022) Artículo / Artikulua
In 1935, the United States introduced the old-age assistance (OAA) program, a means-tested program to help the elderly poor. The OAA improved retirement conditions and aimed to enable older persons to live independently. ...
