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Long-run consequences of exposure to natural disasters

Karbownik, Krzysztof; Wray, Anthony - 2016

We utilize the individual-level World War I Draft Registration Cards matched to late-nineteenth century hurricane paths and the 1940 U.S. Census to explore whether fetal and early childhood exposure to stress caused by hurricanes affects human capital development and labor market outcomes in...

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Behavioural responses on natural disasters : empirical evidence from a natural experiment in Germany

Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich; Tutt, Jascha - 2014

In the course of the ongoing process of climate change, natural disasters like storms, floods and droughts become more likely and/or more severe. While there is a growing macroeconomic literature on the growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels...

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The academic impact of natural disasters : evidence from L'Aquila earthquake

Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2015

students enrolled at other Central Italian universities. The empirical results suggest that while this natural disaster has …

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Growth and mitigation policies with uncertain climate damage

Bretschger, Lucas; Vinogradova, Alexandra - 2014

Climate physics predicts that the intensity of natural disasters will increase in the future due to climate change. We present a stochastic model of a growing economy where natural disasters are multiple and random, with damages driven by the economy's polluting activity. We provide a...

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Global increase in climate-related disasters

Thomas, Vinod; López, Ramón - 2015

side and anthropogenic climate change on the other? This paper considers three main disaster risk factors - rising … intense climate-related natural disasters. In a regression analysis within a model of disaster risk determination for 1971 … implication is that climate mitigation and climate adaptation should form part of actions for disaster risk reduction. …

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Foreign Aid in the Aftermath of Large Natural Disasters

Noy, Ilan - 2013

2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median increase in ODA is 18 percent compared to pre-disaster … only 3 percent of the total estimated economic damages caused by the disasters. The main determinants of post-disaster aid … strategic behavior on the part of donors determine the size of post-disaster aid surges …

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The Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Budget Balances and Implications for Fiscal Policy

Lis, Eliza M. - 2009

. Based on these findings, we discuss implications for fiscal policy and publicly-provided disaster insurance. Our policy …

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Natural Disasters and Human Capital Accumulation : The Case of Nepal's Earthquake

Paudel, Jayash - 2017

Using the 1988 earthquake in Nepal as a natural experiment, we examine the long-term repercussions of a large exogenous physical shock on human capital accumulation. We exploit the quasi-random spatial and temporal nature of ground tremors to evaluate the long-term impact of earthquake on...

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The Impact of Extreme Weather Events on Education

Groppo, Valeria - 2015

This paper analyzes the short- and long-term impact of extreme weather events on educational outcomes in Mongolia. Our focus is on two extremely severe winters that caused mass livestock mortality. We use household panel data with comprehensive retrospective information on households' historic...

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Disaster Risk

Boccard, Nicolas - 2020

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

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