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 … shows that the negative impact of the earthquake still affects the mean wages of male workers. Second, the DFL decomposition …

We assess the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children’s nutrition and education. We combine geo-coded shaking … intensity data with four waves of the Haiti Demographic Health Survey, two administered before and two after the earthquake. We … find lasting negative impacts of the earthquake on children's stunting and wasting as well as on school enrolment and …

labor within the household in El Salvador. In contrast, after damage sustained from the 2001 earthquakes, female migration …

the last decade or so, and not just the incumbents in 2002. The party in charge of the ministry responsible for earthquake …, and can be reduced through increased transparency and democratization. -- Turkey ; earthquake ; corruption ; election …

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 …

This paper uses the synthetic control method to look at how the L'Aquila earthquake affected subsequent enrolment at … contribution made by the university to the local economy before the earthquake. The empirical results indicate that the earthquake …-disaster measures adopted in an attempt to mitigate the expected negative effects on enrolment triggered by the earthquake. Finally, the …

insurance mechanism against environmental shocks. Remittances help to decrease households' vulnerability to shocks but also …

This paper examines the effect of the L'Aquila earthquake on the academic performance of the students of the local … of L'Aquila before and after the earthquake with changes in educational outcomes during the same time period among …