Childhood Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Later-Life Outcomes: A Hidden Consequence of the 1989 Typhoon Gay

Warn Nuarpear Lekfuangfu ()

No 32, PIER Discussion Papers from Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: In human capital literature, it is established that skills are cross-productive and that the production technology is dynamic. This study looks at a case of Thailand and shows that a damage of mental health capital early on in life has a significant adverse effect on schooling attainment. We take the event of Typhoon Gay in 1989 in Thailand's South-Eastern region as a random trigger of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder prevalence amongst young children in the disaster area. Using both micro datasets and a unique survey, we find strong evidence that disaster affected children suffered from a long-term undetected reduction in their mental health capital and thus worse accumulation of skills in other dimensions.

Keywords: Natural Disaster; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Human Capital Formation; Schooling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 I26 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2016-06
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