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Exploiting Tangshan 1976 - the deadliest earthquake in the 20th century - as a source of exogenous variation, we … the earthquake were considerably larger, the adverse post-disaster conditions did not translate into lasting impacts on … schooling and labour market outcomes. Cohorts at schooling age during the earthquake, however, exhibit considerably lower …
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appeal triggered in response to the destructive 2015 Nepal earthquake. Specifically, we investigate the extent to which the …
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account the disaster type, which is mainly earthquake and flood in the case of Iran, the results suggest that the positive …
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to 2020 for 31 provinces and 429 counties to study the impact of the 2003 Bam earthquake in the Iranian Kerman Province … statistically significant boost in economic activity in the years following the earthquake. This increase in local economic activity … this period, the cultural importance of Bam, the severity of the earthquake, and the media attention. Additionally …
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The two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999, caused enormous amounts of death and destruction, and exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations, as a factor magnifying the disaster. The opposition parties and one of the incumbent...
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The two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999, caused enormous amounts of death and destruction, and exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations, as a factor magnifying the disaster. The opposition parties and one of the incumbent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320523
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 …
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Exploiting Tangshan 1976 - the deadliest earthquake in the 20th century - as a source of exogenous variation, we … estimate the long-run effect of a historical shock on contemporary socio-economic outcomes. Cohorts born after the earthquake …
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In this paper we examine the long-term impact of natural disasters using the synthetic control approach and, in contrast with the previous literature, a within country perspective. Therefore, we are able to better geographically define the area hit by the quake, to mitigate the role of...
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are two districts where the vulnerabilities to the earthquake in the two districts are different. That is, Toyohashi City … is divided into two districts, one is safe for the earthquake while another one is risky for the earthquake. And then … the same damage when the earthquake occurs. However, if disaster risk information is provided, the land rent shows a …
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