Erschienen in:Institute for Empirical Research in Economics, University of Zurich Working Paper ; No. 461
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1 Online-Ressource (27 p)
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Englisch
DOI:
10.2139/ssrn.1524752
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 17, 2009 erstellt
Beschreibung:
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