Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster

This paper examines the labor market impacts of a large-scale marine environmental crisis caused by toxic chemical contamination in Vietnam's central coast in 2016. Combining labor force surveys with satellite data on fishing-boat detection, t...

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Main Authors:	Hoang, Trung, Le, Duong Trung, Nguyen, Ha, Vuong, Nguyen Dinh Tuan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER COPING MECHANISMS SATELLITE IMAGERY FISHERIES LABOR MARKET MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936081555939304756/Labor-Market-Impacts-and-Responses-The-Economic-Consequences-of-a-Marine-Environmental-Disaster http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31582

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spelling	okr-10986-315822022-09-13T12:18:59Z Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster Hoang, Trung Le, Duong Trung Nguyen, Ha Vuong, Nguyen Dinh Tuan ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER COPING MECHANISMS SATELLITE IMAGERY FISHERIES LABOR MARKET MARINE ENVIRONMENT This paper examines the labor market impacts of a large-scale marine environmental crisis caused by toxic chemical contamination in Vietnam's central coast in 2016. Combining labor force surveys with satellite data on fishing-boat detection, the analysis finds negative and heterogeneous impacts on fishery incomes and employment and uncovers interesting coping patterns. Satellite data suggest that upstream fishers traveled to safe fishing grounds, and thus bore lower income damage. Downstream fishers, instead, endured severe impact and were more likely to substitute fishery hours for working secondary jobs. The paper also finds evidence on an impact recovery to fishing intensity and fishery income, and a positive labor market spillover to freshwater fishery. 2019-04-25T14:03:54Z 2019-04-25T14:03:54Z 2019-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936081555939304756/Labor-Market-Impacts-and-Responses-The-Economic-Consequences-of-a-Marine-Environmental-Disaster http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31582 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8827 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic	ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER COPING MECHANISMS SATELLITE IMAGERY FISHERIES LABOR MARKET MARINE ENVIRONMENT
spellingShingle	ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTER COPING MECHANISMS SATELLITE IMAGERY FISHERIES LABOR MARKET MARINE ENVIRONMENT Hoang, Trung Le, Duong Trung Nguyen, Ha Vuong, Nguyen Dinh Tuan Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster
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description	This paper examines the labor market impacts of a large-scale marine environmental crisis caused by toxic chemical contamination in Vietnam's central coast in 2016. Combining labor force surveys with satellite data on fishing-boat detection, the analysis finds negative and heterogeneous impacts on fishery incomes and employment and uncovers interesting coping patterns. Satellite data suggest that upstream fishers traveled to safe fishing grounds, and thus bore lower income damage. Downstream fishers, instead, endured severe impact and were more likely to substitute fishery hours for working secondary jobs. The paper also finds evidence on an impact recovery to fishing intensity and fishery income, and a positive labor market spillover to freshwater fishery.
format	Working Paper
author	Hoang, Trung Le, Duong Trung Nguyen, Ha Vuong, Nguyen Dinh Tuan
author_facet	Hoang, Trung Le, Duong Trung Nguyen, Ha Vuong, Nguyen Dinh Tuan
author_sort	Hoang, Trung
title	Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster
title_short	Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster
title_full	Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster
title_fullStr	Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster
title_full_unstemmed	Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster
title_sort	labor market impacts and responses : the economic consequences of a marine environmental disaster
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936081555939304756/Labor-Market-Impacts-and-Responses-The-Economic-Consequences-of-a-Marine-Environmental-Disaster http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31582
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Labor Market Impacts and Responses : The Economic Consequences of a Marine Environmental Disaster

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