The Death Toll from Natural Disasters: The Role of Income, Geography, and Institutions

By Matthew E. Kahn. Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005

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Subfields: Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science

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Diversification strategies and adaptation deficit: evidence from rural communities in Niger. (2018, background): “…rainfall, temperature, and other climatic parameters and that these modifications will probably lead to an increase in the incidence of environmental disasters (IPCC, 2012; Kahn, 2005; Parry, Rosenzweig, Iglesias, Livermore, & Fischer, 2004; Toya & Skidmore, 2007; Olsson et al., 2014 among others).”
Natural Disaster, Poverty, and Development: An Introduction (2017, background): “Yet, there is clearly no systematic relationship between the frequency of natural hazards and income or poverty level (as found by Kahn 2005).”
Adjusting to natural disasters (2006, background): “Kahn (2005) argues that great political accountability will induce democracies to take pro-active actions and adapt to hazards in a way that reduces their overall impact.”
Understanding the adaptation deficit: why are poor countries more vulnerable to climate events than rich countries? (2013, methodology): “Most of the existing literature con entrates on the human costs of disaster events (e.g. Kellenberg and Mobarak 2008, Anbarci et al. 2005, Kahn 2005).”
Creative Disasters? Flooding Effects on Capital, Labour and Productivity Within European Firms (2009, background): “The general findings in the existing empirical literature on the impact of disasters on output can be summed up as follows: As a direct effect, natural disasters physically destroy the factors of production—labour (e.g., Anbarci et al. 2005; Kahn 2005; Halliday 2006) and physical capital (Albala-B”
Specification Curve: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics on All Reasonable Specifications (2015, background): “9 than interactions with disaster intensity (Czajkowski et al., 2011; Kahn, 2005; Toya & Skidmore, 2007).”
How Lasting is Voter Gratitude? An Analysis of the Short- and Long-Term Electoral Returns to Beneficial Policy (2011, neutral): “This control is added to account for the well-known interaction between federal and state elections (Kedar 2006; Kern and Hainmueller 2006); given the SPD’s control of the federal government, we may expect that the party attains fewer votes in districts where it also had control of the government…”
The local impact of typhoons on economic activity in China: A view from outer space (2015, background): “Finally, the net economic impact caused by any natural disaster is closely linked to a country’s disaster preparedness (Kahn 2005).”
Natural Disasters, Growth and Institutions: A Tale of Two Earthquakes (2014, neutral): “This increases the similarity among the treated regions and the set of donors and, therefore, the reliability of the construction of the synthetic control.4 Our paper also shares an interest with Kahn (2005), Stromberg (2007) and Noy (2009) in the mediating role of institutions.”
The economic growth impact of natural disasters in developing countries: Evidence from hurricane strikes in the Central American and Caribbean regions (2012, background): “See, for instance, Kahn (2005) , Toya and Skidmore (2007), and Noy (2008).”
Climate-related natural disasters, economic growth, and armed civil conflict (2012, background): “21 Generally, it seems to be that richer and more developed countries experience less direct damages from natural disasters (Kahn 2005; Toya and Skidmore 2007; Kellenberg and Mobarak 2008).”
The Gendered Nature of Natural Disasters: The Impact of Catastrophic Events on the Gender Gap in Life Expectancy, 1981–2002 (2007, background): “Moreover, although the severity of disasters is partly determined by per capita income (Kahn 2005) and (possibly) the level of democracy, the infrequent occurrence of natural disasters eliminates the potential correlation between our control variables and disaster strength.”
Climate change and natural disasters: macroeconomic performance and distributional impacts (2009, background): “Finally, institutional development may also be seen as a form of increased capacity to cope with natural disasters and reduce vulnerability (Kahn 2005).”
Enterprise Recovery Following Natural Disasters (2010, background): “The death toll from disasters, for example, is typically much higher in low-income countries (Kahn, 2005).”