Fertility Response to Natural Disasters : The Case of Three High Mortality Earthquakes
The event of a natural disaster, and being directly affected by it, brings a large shock to life-cycle outcomes. In addition to the replacement effects of higher fertility following a disaster that caused high mortality, a positive fertility respon...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| 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_20090330101847 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4078 |
| Summary: | The event of a natural disaster, and
being directly affected by it, brings a large shock to
life-cycle outcomes. In addition to the replacement effects
of higher fertility following a disaster that caused high
mortality, a positive fertility response may be induced as
children can be used to supplement household income. This
paper analyzes three high mortality earthquakes: Gujarat,
India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and
Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. There is evidence of a positive
fertility response to exposure to these large-scale natural
disasters in addition to the response to child mortality.
The results in this study are consistent with those of other
studies that also find a positive fertility response
following exposure to a disaster. |
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