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Impact of the 1999 Earthquakes on the Outcome of the 2002 Parliamentary Election in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
the last decade or so, and not just the incumbents in 2002. The party in charge of the ministry responsible for earthquake …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822154
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How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
Betzer, André; Doumet, Markus; Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which involved the immediate shutdown …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220619
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The Long-term Impact of the 1995 Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake on Wage Distribution
Ohtake, Fumio; Okuyama, Naoko; Sasaki, Masaru; Yasui, Kengo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper explores the effects of the 1995 Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake on the wages of people in the area of the … earthquake over the 17 years after its occurrence and identified which part of the wage distribution has been most affected by … this event by comparing the wage distributions of disaster victims and non-victims. To do this, we used three decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764591
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Persistent Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Nutrition and Schooling: Evidence from the 1999 Colombian Earthquake
Bustelo, Monserrat; Arends-Kuenning, Mary P.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper studies the impact of the 1999 Colombian Earthquake on child nutrition and schooling. The identification … strategy combines household survey data with event data on the timing and location of the earthquake, exploiting the exogenous … exposure of children to the shock. The paper uniquely identifies both the short- and medium-term impacts of the earthquake …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649818
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What Methods May Be Used in Impact Evaluations of Humanitarian Assistance?
Puri, Jyotsna; Aladysheva, Anastasia; Iversen, Vegard; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to humanitarian assistance, systematic learning from such interventions using rigorous theory-based impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125874
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The Fertility Effect of Catastrophe: U.S. Hurricane Births
Zhao, Zhong; Evans, Richard W.; Hu, Yingyao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
For years, anecdotal evidence has suggested increased fertility rates resulting from catastrophic events in an area. In this paper, we measure this fertility effect using storm advisory data and fertility data for the Atlantic and Gulf Coast counties of the United States. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703190
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Aid and Migration: An Analysis of the Impact of Progresa on the Timing and Size of Labour Migration
Angelucci, Manuela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper models the short and medium-run impact of aid on migration, considering alternatively the effect of unconditional and conditional cash transfers to financially constrained households. Data from the evaluation of a Mexican development program, Progresa, are used to estimate the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822288
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An Evaluation of the Performance of Regression Discontinuity Design on PROGRESA
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Skoufias, Emmanuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
this paper we use a unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purposes of evaluating the impact of the PROGRESA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822620
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Does Expanding Health Insurance Beyond Formal-Sector Workers Encourage Informality? Measuring the Impact of Mexico's Seguro Popular
Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pagés, Carmen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Seguro Popular (SP) was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences, distorting workers' incentives to operate in the informal sector. The analysis examines the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323384
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When Do Remittances Facilitate Asset Accumulation? The Importance of Remittance Income Uncertainty
Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Pozo, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
A sizable literature has concluded that remittances impact the expenditure patterns of households. We explore how the uncertainty of remittance income inflows affects the accumulation of human, physical and financial assets of Mexican households, while accounting for the level of transfers from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010795364