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-2019. Employing spatial econo-metric methods, we find that experiencing a severe disaster leads to an increase in net out-migration of … in those regions to out-migrate. For less severe disaster events, we find no conclusive evidence that disasters are …
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Extreme weather events can disrupt agricultural markets, but agricultural trade can help address subsequent food security concerns. Using the Aglink-Cosimo model, this stochastic scenario analysis sheds light on the complex relationships between trade and food security in an environment where...
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This volume was prepared by Thomas Steinwachs while he was working at the ifo Center for International Economics. It was completed in September 2018 and accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU). It is a collection of four self-contained...
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. Based on these findings, we discuss implications for fiscal policy and publicly-provided disaster insurance. Our policy …
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comprehensive retrospective information on households' historic experience with weather shocks. Exposure to the weather shock … significantly reduces the likelihood of being enrolled in mandatory school two to three years after the shock. Similarly, it … significantly reduces the probability of completing basic education ten to eleven years after the shock. Both effects are driven by …
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country-specific structural vector autoregression (VAR) models by combining estimated damages of disaster events with monthly …
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This paper proposes an application of the analytical path assembled within my PhD research on Disaster Risk Creation … challenges, for spatial planning and disaster risk management, in understanding, evaluating, and addressing Disaster Risk (DR … methodological approach benefits from well-established theoretical models of causal analysis of Disaster Risk Creation processes as …
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fiscal policy and publicly-provided disaster insurance. Our policy conclusions point to the enhanced need to reach and …
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Until now, most of the growing climate legal litigations mainly concern environmental associations or victims against energy of energy-users firms or States. However, in a near future, because of exacerbating sudden floods linked to climate change, future litigations could (will) concern...
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When a disaster strikes, it not only affects households' physical assets, but also their income levels and ability to … external assistance to accelerate reconstruction efforts. This report explores the links between disaster impacts and poverty …
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