Berbenni Enrico, Colombo Stefano
Department of Modern and Contemporary History, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy.
Department of Economics and Finance, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20123 Milano, Italy.
Lett Spat Resour Sci. 2023;16(1):11. doi: 10.1007/s12076-023-00335-x. Epub 2023 Mar 17.
In this paper, we discuss the classical modelling approach of pandemics as a negative labour shock. We perform an archival analysis of one of the largest Italian banks (Credito Italiano) during the First World War - Spanish Flu period (1914-1920). In particular, we scrutinise the circulars that the central management of the bank sent out to the local branches, with the aim to assess whether the Spanish Flu has been perceived by contemporaries as an event seriously affecting personnel management. Though restricted to a single case-study, archival evidence does not support the existence of a remarkable negative labour supply shock affecting personnel management because of the Spanish Flu pandemic. Other war-related events probably increased the system's resilience.
在本文中，我们讨论了将大流行病作为负面劳动力冲击的经典建模方法。我们对第一次世界大战至西班牙流感时期（1914 - 1920年）意大利最大的银行之一（意大利信贷银行）进行了档案分析。具体而言，我们仔细审查了该银行中央管理层发给当地分行的通知，旨在评估西班牙流感在当时是否被视为严重影响人员管理的事件。尽管仅限于单一案例研究，但档案证据并不支持存在因西班牙流感大流行而对人员管理产生显著负面劳动力供给冲击的情况。其他与战争相关的事件可能增强了该系统的复原力。
