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Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2015

This paper reviews the effect of environmental disasters on migration. Although there is an increase of environmental disasters and migration over the past years, the relationship is complex. While some authors find that environmental disasters increase migration, others show that they have only...

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Measurement of economic welfare risk and resilience of the Philippine regions

Yonson, Rio; Noy, Ilan - 2018

risk from riverine floods. While there are similarities in the ranking of policies among regions with comparable levels of …

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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country

Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...

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Do Natural Disasters Stimulate Individual Saving? Evidence from a Natural Experiment in a Highly Developed Country

Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max; Tutt, Jascha - CESifo - 2015

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CPD Expert Consultation on Floods : Need for Enhanced Concern, Better Coordination and Confidence Building Measures

Dialogue, The Centre for Policy - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2012

2007. The meeting was called to discuss the state of affairs in the context of the ongoing floods in the country and the … that there is an urgent need to enhance the governmentâ€™s concern about the unfolding floods, improve coordination among …

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Natural disasters and human mobility

Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2016

This paper reviews the effect of natural disasters on human mobility or migration. Although there is an increase of natural disasters and migration recently and more patterns to observe, the relationship remains complex. While some authors find that disasters increase migration, others show that...

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Natural disasters and labor market outcomes in Mexico

Acevedo, Ivonne; Castellani, Francesca; Lopez de la … - 2023

. Using panel data and a two-way fixed effects estimation, the analysis focuses on storms, floods, wildfires, and landslides …

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Does green infrastructure work? : precipitation, protected areas, Floods and Landslides

Robalino, Juan David; Mullan, Katrina; Piaggio, Matías; … - 2023

We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs … floods and landslides is affected by whether rain falls inside or outside PAs. We use a two-way fixed effect panel data model … find that shifts in precipitation towards PAs reduce floods significantly. These results were highly robust. We also find …

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Necessity as the mother of invention: Innovative responses to natural disasters

Miao, Qing; Popp, David - In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 68 (2014) 2, pp. 280-295

reduce the risk of future hazards? This paper examines the impact of three types of natural disasters—floods, droughts and …

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Favoritism and Firms: Micro Evidence and Macro Implications

Asatryan, Zareh; Baskaran, Thushyanthan; Birkholz, Carlo; … - 2022

We study the economic implications of regional favoritism, a form of distributive politics that redistributes resources geographically within countries. Using enterprise surveys from low- and middle-income countries, we document that firms located close to leaders' birthplaces grow substantially...

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