Recessions, Mortality, and Migration Bias: Evidence from the Lancashire Cotton Famine
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 14,
no. 2, April 2022
(pp. 228-55)
Abstract
We examine the health effects of the Lancashire Cotton Famine, a sharp downturn in Britain's cotton textile manufacturing regions that was induced by the US Civil War. Migration was an important response to this downturn, but as we document, migration also introduces a number of empirical challenges, which we overcome by introducing a new methodological approach. Our results indicate that the recession increased mortality among households employed in the cotton textile industry. We also document localized spillover effects on households providing nontradable services in the areas affected by the recession.Citation
Arthi, Vellore, Brian Beach, and W. Walker Hanlon. 2022. "Recessions, Mortality, and Migration Bias: Evidence from the Lancashire Cotton Famine." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 14 (2): 228-55. DOI: 10.1257/app.20190131Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- I12 Health Behavior
- J63 Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
- N13 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: Europe: Pre-1913
- N33 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
- N63 Economic History: Manufacturing and Construction: Europe: Pre-1913
- N93 Regional and Urban History: Europe: Pre-1913
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