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Cities and tasks
Koster, Hans; Ozgen, Ceren - 2021
This paper explores the relationship between routine-biased technological change and agglomeration economies. Using administrative data from the Netherlands, we first show that in dense areas, jobs are less routine-task intensive (i.e. less repetitive and automatable), meaning that jobs cover a...
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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.; … - 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...
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Environmental disasters and migration
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015
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 increase migration, others show that they have only...
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The long-term impact of the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake on wage distribution
Ōtake, Fumio; Okuyama, Naoko; Sasaki, Masaru; Yasui, Kengo - 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...
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The academic impact of natural disasters : evidence from L'Aquila earthquake
Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2015
This paper examines the effect of the L'Aquila earthquake on the academic performance of the students of the local university. Following this traumatic event, not only are students likely to have developed an acute stress disorder, but they have also experienced a significant disruption in their...
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Voter reaction to government incompetence and corruption related to the 1999 earthquakes in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysıt - 2015
Two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999 exposed rampant corruption involving construction and … each of these methods. Not just those ruling at the time of the earthquakes, but also other parties which were in power …
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The effects of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education
Dodlova, Marina; Escobar Carias, Michelle; Grimm, Michael - 2023
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...
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Unearthing the economic and social consequences of earthquakes
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Chupilkin, Maxim; Koczan, Zsoka; … - 2024
The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic effects of earthquakes. We begin … with a thorough literature review. Following this, we assess policy measures taken in response to major earthquakes … conduct an in-depth examination of the economic repercussions of earthquakes. Our analysis utilizes data from around 80 …
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Climate risk and beliefs in New York floodplains
Gibson, Matthew; Mullins, Jamie T. - 2020
Applying a difference-in-differences framework to a census of residential property transactions in New York City 2003-2017, we estimate the price effects of three flood risk signals: 1) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act, which increased premiums; 2) Hurricane Sandy; and 3) new...
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To improve is to change? : the effects of risk rating 2.0 on flood insurance demand
Ortega, Francesc; Petkov, Ivan - 2024
We present a theory of the demand for flood insurance and empirically analyze the effects of the adoption of Risk Rating 2.0, using individual insurance histories for all NFIP policies. The reform increased exit and reduced entry, both in the flood zone and its periphery. The reform had highly...
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