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Persistent Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Nutrition and Schooling : Evidence from the 1999 Colombian Earthquake

Bustelo, Monserrat - 2013

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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Natural Disasters and University Enrolment : Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake

Cerqua, Augusto - 2015

This paper uses the synthetic control method to look at how the L'Aquila earthquake affected subsequent enrolment at the local university. Such an issue is closely related to the economic consequences caused by this event given the large contribution made by the university to the local economy...

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Maternal Stress and Birth Outcomes : Evidence from an Unexpected Earthquake Swarm

Kutinova Menclova, Andrea - 2019

initial unexpected earthquake to the impacts of thousands of aftershocks that occurred in the same region over the 18 months … following the initial earthquake. We find that exposure to these earthquakes reduced gestational age, increased the likelihood … of having a late birth and negatively affected newborn health - with the largest effects for earthquakes that occurred in …

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The Long-Term Impact of the 1995 Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake on Wage Distribution

Ohtake, Fumio - 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...

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Voter Reaction to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes in Turkey

Akarca, Ali - 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 Academic Impact of Natural Disasters : Evidence from L'Aquila Earthquake

Pietro, Giorgio Di - 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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More Schooling, Less Youth Crime? Learning from an Earthquake in Japan

Aoki, Yu - 2014

This paper aims to identify the causal effect of schooling on youth crime. To identify the causal effect, I use the policy interventions that occurred after the Kobe earthquake that hit Japan in 1995 as a natural experiment inducing exogenous variation in schooling. Based on a comparison of the...

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The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education

Dodlova, Marina; 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 on...

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