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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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children maintain investments in the post-disaster period. Biological human capital formed in early childhood (long … post-disaster recovery process. In Ethiopia and Malawi, where droughts are rather frequent, exposure to highly frequent …
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The author assesses empirically the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education. Although … enrollment and natural disaster risk. This result is exclusively driven by geological disasters. Natural disaster risk exposure …
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children maintain investments in the post-disaster period. Biological human capital formed in early childhood (long … post-disaster recovery process. In Ethiopia and Malawi, where droughts are rather frequent, exposure to highly frequent …
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The author assesses empirically the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education. Although … enrollment and natural disaster risk. This result is exclusively driven by geological disasters. Natural disaster risk exposure …
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The empirical literature on the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education is inconclusive … correlation between secondary school enrollment and natural disaster risk. This result is driven exclusively by geologic disasters …. Exposure to natural disaster risk is a robust determinant of differences in secondary school enrollment between countries but …
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climate forecasts (SCF). Among the risk mitigation tools available, the following emerged as most preferred by farmers …
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