Publication: Natural Disasters, Human Development and Poverty at the Municipal Level in Mexico

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Date
2012-11-26
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0022-0388
Published
2012-11-26
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Rodriguez-Oreggia, Eduardo
de la Torre, Rodolfo
Moreno Moreno, Hector A.
Abstract
This article analyses the effects of natural disasters on human development and poverty levels at the municipal level in Mexico. Using several sources, we build a panel of data in order to uncover if different natural shocks can affect social indicators. After controlling for geographic and natural characteristics which can make municipalities more hazard prone, as well as for other institutional, socio-economic and demographic pre-shock characteristics, in addition to using fixed effects, we find that general shocks, especially from floods and droughts, lead to significant drops in both types of indicator.
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