Climate-related natural disaster shocks are expected to rise as the earth is getting warmer, which will adversely … of development gains and exacerbate inequality. To cope with increasing disaster risks, both short-term adaptation … strategies like relocation, government transfers, and other social safety nets, as well as long-term strategies like disaster …

Mozambique is among the most disaster-prone countries in the world. A bigger than usual, and mostly unexpected, flood …. In this paper, we use a nationally representative household budget survey that was being carried out in the field during … those months to assess the short-term impact of the 2015 flood on household consumption and poverty levels. Applying a …

characterized by a constant growth rate of consumption and of the capital stock until a shock arrives, triggering a downward jump in …

heterogeneous impact by the level of rebelocracy. Using a household panel in four conflict regions in Colombia, the estimation …

confidence shock in the Southern European countries and a shift in consumer preferences in the Northern Eu-ropean countries …

confidence shock in the Southern European countries and a shift in consumer preferences in the Northern European countries …

The United Nations Sendai (2015) framework aims to reduce disaster risk. We offer a careful definition and computation …

provides causal evidence that past disaster experience leads to decreased risk aversion over time. Heterogeneity analysis finds …