when sea levels are rising. We study this construction using spatially disaggregated data on the US Atlantic and Gulf … a monocentric coastal city, which we then use to explore the consequences of sea level rise and government policies. …

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the … microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to … filling this gap in the literature by studying how natural disasters affect individual saving decisions. This study makes use …

This paper reviews the effect of environmental disasters on migration. Although there is an increase of environmental … disasters and migration over the past years, the relationship is complex. While some authors find that environmental disasters …

We analyze the exposure of different income groups to the 2021 floods in Germany, which serve as an exemplary case of … natural disasters intensified by anthropogenic climate change. To this end, we link official geo-coded satellite data on flood …

been affected across six countries (China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, UK and US). We first document changes in income …

China, Japan, and South Korea, and estimate the economic burden of chronic conditions in five domains (cardiovascular … 2010), $5.7 trillion for Japan, and $1.5 trillion for South Korea. Our results also highlight the limits of cost … non-communicable diseases over the period 2010-2030 are $16 trillion for China (measured in real USD with the base year …

productivity across Ghana and South Korea. The labour productivity differentials across these firms exceed those implied by macro …

cuts in legislated standard hours that raised employers' overtime costs in Japan around 1990 and Korea in the early 2000s …

from Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan. -- immigration ; marriage ; sex ratio imbalance ; international marriages ; cross …Every year, a large number of women immigrate as brides from developing countries to developed countries in East Asia …