Enduring Impacts of Aid Quality on Job Choices : The Case of the 2004 Tsunami in Aceh

Enduring Impacts of Aid Quality on Job Choices : The Case of the 2004 Tsunami in Aceh

After the tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia, the recovery of fishing was limited while non-fishing sectors temporarily expanded. This paper shows that fishermen's ex-post labor supply responses continued to be constrained by the provision of low qual...

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Main Author:	Nose, Manabu
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGGLOMERATION EFFECT AQUACULTURE ATTRITION BA BILATERAL DONORS CLOSED ECONOMY COAST COASTAL COMMUNITIES CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DOWNWARD BIAS EARNING ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSION RESTRICTION FAMILY LABOR FISH FISH POPULATION FISH PROCESSING FISHERMAN FISHERMEN FISHING FISHING BOAT FISHING BOATS FISHING INDUSTRY FISHING JOBS FISHING TECHNOLOGY FISHING VESSEL FISHING VILLAGES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RESOURCES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INSURANCE ISLAND LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR SUPPLY LOCAL LABOR MARKETS MANGROVES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES MORTALITY NON-FARM SECTOR OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OUTPUTS PERMANENT JOBS POLITICAL ECONOMY PREVIOUS STUDIES PRIVATE MARKET PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SERVICE PROBIT REGRESSIONS PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY LEVEL PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES REAL INCOME REEFS RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKET RURAL POVERTY SAFETY SAFETY NETS SEA SERVICE SECTOR SHORE SOCIAL CAPITAL SURVIVAL RATE TSUNAMI TSUNAMIS TUNA UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WAGE EFFECT WAGES WORKERS natural disaster aid effectiveness coping strategy inequality
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17934839/enduring-impacts-aid-quality-job-choices-case-2004-tsunami-aceh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15873

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Summary:	After the tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia, the recovery of fishing was limited while non-fishing sectors temporarily expanded. This paper shows that fishermen's ex-post labor supply responses continued to be constrained by the provision of low quality production assets. The average fishing productivity also declined for the negative selection in response to the aggregate shock. In a natural experiment set-up, it shows widening income inequality after the tsunami for income losses to the recipients of poor quality aid. It suggests the importance of quality monitoring and private market access to sustainably promote rural development after the tsunami.