The Impact of Natural Disasters on Human Development and Poverty at the Municipal Level in Mexico

Eduardo Rodrigues-Oreggia
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: A. Héctor Moreno M.

No 43, CID Working Papers from Center for International Development at Harvard University

Abstract: This paper seeks to analyze the impact of natural hazards on human development and poverty at the municipal level in Mexico. We control for a set of geographical and natural location characteristics which make municipalities more prone to the occurrence of these events. We also employ a set of institutional, economic and demographic characteristics to control for baseline heterogeneity. Using an adjusted difference-in-difference regression with data for 2000 and 2005, results show a significant decrease of social indicators for general events, and especially for flood and droughts.

Keywords: natural disasters; impact; poverty; human development; geography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C52 I31 O10 O54 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-01
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