Risks, Ex-ante Actions and Public Assistance : Impacts of Natural Disasters on Child Schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi
This paper examines the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments with special focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions depends...
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okr-10986-41032021-04-23T14:02:15Z Risks, Ex-ante Actions and Public Assistance : Impacts of Natural Disasters on Child Schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi Yamauchi, Futoshi Yohannes, Yisehac Quisumbing, Agnes ADVERSE IMPACT ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURE ASSET ALLOCATION ASSET HOLDING ASSET HOLDINGS BORROWING CLIMATE CHANGE COLLATERAL CURRENT INCOME DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DISASTER DISASTER AREAS DISASTER PRONE AREAS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTER-PRONE COUNTRIES DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC RECESSION ECONOMIC RECESSIONS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF EXPECTED RETURNS EXPECTED UTILITY EXTENSION SERVICES FARM INCOME FARMERS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FLOOD FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HURRICANE IMPACT OF DISASTER IMPACT OF DISASTERS IMPERFECT CREDIT INCOME EFFECT INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY INSURANCE INVESTING LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LIQUIDITY LOW-INCOME MARGINAL COST MARGINAL UTILITY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLITICAL ECONOMY PORTFOLIO PRECAUTIONARY SAVING PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SAFETY RECONSTRUCTION RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TOTAL COST WAGE This paper examines the impacts of natural disasters on schooling investments with special focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and the likelihood of public assistance, which potentially creates substitution between the two actions. The findings show that higher future probabilities of disasters increase the likelihood of holding more human capital and/or livestock relative to land, and this asset-portfolio effect is significant in disaster prone areas. The empirical results support the roles of both ex-ante and ex-post responses (public assistance) in coping with disasters, but also show interesting variations across countries. In Ethiopia, public assistance plays a more important role than ex-ante actions to mitigate the impact of shocks on child schooling. In contrast, households in Malawi rely more on private ex-ante actions than public assistance. The Bangladesh example shows active roles of both ex-ante and ex-post actions. These observations are consistent with the finding on the relationship between ex-ante actions and disaster risks. The results also show that among ex-ante actions, human capital accumulated in the household prior to disasters helps mitigate the negative effects of disasters in both the short and long runs. 2012-03-19T19:10:03Z 2012-03-19T19:10:03Z 2009-04-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090424141435 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4103 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4909 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Southern Africa Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa Malawi Ethiopia Bangladesh |
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ADVERSE IMPACT ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURE ASSET ALLOCATION ASSET HOLDING ASSET HOLDINGS BORROWING CLIMATE CHANGE COLLATERAL CURRENT INCOME DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DISASTER DISASTER AREAS DISASTER PRONE AREAS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTER-PRONE COUNTRIES DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC RECESSION ECONOMIC RECESSIONS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF EXPECTED RETURNS EXPECTED UTILITY EXTENSION SERVICES FARM INCOME FARMERS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FLOOD FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HURRICANE IMPACT OF DISASTER IMPACT OF DISASTERS IMPERFECT CREDIT INCOME EFFECT INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY INSURANCE INVESTING LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LIQUIDITY LOW-INCOME MARGINAL COST MARGINAL UTILITY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLITICAL ECONOMY PORTFOLIO PRECAUTIONARY SAVING PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SAFETY RECONSTRUCTION RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TOTAL COST WAGE |
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ADVERSE IMPACT ADVERSE IMPACTS AGRICULTURE ASSET ALLOCATION ASSET HOLDING ASSET HOLDINGS BORROWING CLIMATE CHANGE COLLATERAL CURRENT INCOME DAMAGES DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DISASTER DISASTER AREAS DISASTER PRONE AREAS DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISASTER RISKS DISASTER-PRONE COUNTRIES DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT DROUGHTS EARTHQUAKE EARTHQUAKES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC RECESSION ECONOMIC RECESSIONS ECONOMIC SHOCKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF EXPECTED RETURNS EXPECTED UTILITY EXTENSION SERVICES FARM INCOME FARMERS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION FINANCIAL MARKETS FLOOD FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HURRICANE IMPACT OF DISASTER IMPACT OF DISASTERS IMPERFECT CREDIT INCOME EFFECT INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY INSURANCE INVESTING LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LIQUIDITY LOW-INCOME MARGINAL COST MARGINAL UTILITY NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL HAZARD NATURAL HAZARDS OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS POLITICAL ECONOMY PORTFOLIO PRECAUTIONARY SAVING PRECAUTIONARY SAVINGS PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SAFETY RECONSTRUCTION RISK AVERSE RISK AVERSION SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TOTAL COST WAGE Yamauchi, Futoshi Yohannes, Yisehac Quisumbing, Agnes Risks, Ex-ante Actions and Public Assistance : Impacts of Natural Disasters on Child Schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi |
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This paper examines the impacts of
natural disasters on schooling investments with special
focus on the roles of ex-ante actions and ex-post responses
using panel data from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Malawi. The
importance of ex-ante actions depends on disaster risks and
the likelihood of public assistance, which potentially
creates substitution between the two actions. The findings
show that higher future probabilities of disasters increase
the likelihood of holding more human capital and/or
livestock relative to land, and this asset-portfolio effect
is significant in disaster prone areas. The empirical
results support the roles of both ex-ante and ex-post
responses (public assistance) in coping with disasters, but
also show interesting variations across countries. In
Ethiopia, public assistance plays a more important role than
ex-ante actions to mitigate the impact of shocks on child
schooling. In contrast, households in Malawi rely more on
private ex-ante actions than public assistance. The
Bangladesh example shows active roles of both ex-ante and
ex-post actions. These observations are consistent with the
finding on the relationship between ex-ante actions and
disaster risks. The results also show that among ex-ante
actions, human capital accumulated in the household prior to
disasters helps mitigate the negative effects of disasters
in both the short and long runs. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Yamauchi, Futoshi Yohannes, Yisehac Quisumbing, Agnes |
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Yamauchi, Futoshi Yohannes, Yisehac Quisumbing, Agnes |
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Yamauchi, Futoshi |
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Risks, Ex-ante Actions and Public Assistance : Impacts of Natural Disasters on Child Schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi |
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Risks, Ex-ante Actions and Public Assistance : Impacts of Natural Disasters on Child Schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi |
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Risks, Ex-ante Actions and Public Assistance : Impacts of Natural Disasters on Child Schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi |
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Risks, Ex-ante Actions and Public Assistance : Impacts of Natural Disasters on Child Schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi |
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Risks, Ex-ante Actions and Public Assistance : Impacts of Natural Disasters on Child Schooling in Bangladesh, Ethiopia and Malawi |
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risks, ex-ante actions and public assistance : impacts of natural disasters on child schooling in bangladesh, ethiopia and malawi |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090424141435 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4103 |
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