Natural Disasters and Human Capital Accumulation

Natural Disasters and Human Capital Accumulation

The author assesses empirically the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education. Although the results in the empirical literature tend to be inconclusive, using model averaging methods in the framework of cross-country an...

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Main Author: Cuaresma, Jesus Crespo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO CREDIT
AVALANCHES
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL INVESTMENT
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS
CRED
CREDIT CONSTRAINT
CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
CREDIT MARKET
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
DISASTER
DISASTER AID
DISASTER REDUCTION
DISASTER RISK
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
DISASTER SITUATIONS
DROUGHT
EARTHQUAKE
EARTHQUAKES
ECONOMIC AGENTS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS
ENROLLMENT
EXPLOSIONS
FINANCIAL DEPTH
FIRE
FLOOD
FLOODS
HUMAN CAPITAL
HURRICANES
ICE STORMS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
LANDSLIDE
LANDSLIDES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MARKET DEVELOPMENT
MORTALITY
NATURAL CATASTROPHES
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL DISASTER SITUATIONS
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
PHYSICAL CAPITAL
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PROGRESS
RECONSTRUCTION
RESPECT
RISK EXPOSURE
RISK MANAGEMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SNOW STORMS
SOCIAL RESEARCH
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TORNADOES
TYPHOONS
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS
VULNERABILITY
WAR
WORLD POPULATION
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090309121347
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4058

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