Publication: Investigating survivorship bias: the case of the 1918 flu pandemic
Investigating survivorship bias: the case of the 1918 flu pandemic
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Floris, J., Kaiser, L., Mayr, H., Staub, K., & Woitek, U. (2021). Investigating survivorship bias: the case of the 1918 flu pandemic (No. 316; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
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Estimates of the effect of fetal health shocks may suffer from survivorship bias. The fetal origins literature seemingly agrees that survivorship bias is innocuous in the sense that it induces a bias toward zero. Arguably, however, selective mortality can imply a bias away from zero. In the case of the 1918 flu pandemic, a suppressed immune system may have been protective against the most severe consequences of infection. We use historical birth records from the maternity hospital of Bern, Switzerland, to evaluate this possibility. Ou
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Floris, J., Kaiser, L., Mayr, H., Staub, K., & Woitek, U. (2021). Investigating survivorship bias: the case of the 1918 flu pandemic (No. 316; Working Paper Series / Department of Economics).
