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1. Do Natural Disasters Affect the Poor Disproportionately? Price Change and Welfare Impact in the Aftermath of Typhoon Milenyo in the Rural Philippines

Author

Nobuhiko Fuwa, Yuki Higuchi, Jonna P. Estudillo, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Yoko Sakai

Subjects
Economics and Econometrics, natural disaster, Asia, Sociology and Political Science, 050204 development studies, media_common.quotation_subject, Geography, Planning and Development, Development, Affect (psychology), 0502 economics and business, Development economics, Economics, compensating variation, 050207 economics, Natural disaster, media_common, welfare analysis, Consumption (economics), 05 social sciences, the Philippines, Compensating variation, welfare impacts, Typhoon, risk coping, Price change, %22">Fish , Welfare
Abstract

This paper illustrates the sharp contrast in welfare impacts between the rich and the poor caused by typhoon Milenyo in a Philippine village. We find that fish prices dropped sharply due to the damage caused to fish pens near the village, leading to positive net welfare gains among the wealthy. In contrast , the poor do not consume much fish and thus did not gain from the sharp decline in prices. Finally, co nsumption reallocation played an important role as an ex post risk coping measure, albeit only among the wealthy, who are relatively well protected against typhoons., Embargo Period 24 months, http://www.grips.ac.jp/list/jp/facultyinfo/estudillo_jonna/

Published
2017

2. Ethnic Diversity and Social Capital in Indonesia

Author

Dimitris Mavridis, Paris School of Economics (PSE), École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE), École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
Economics and Econometrics, Asia, Sociology and Political Science, media_common.quotation_subject, Geography, Planning and Development, Ethnic group, Development, Cultural diversity, Voting, 0502 economics and business, Development economics, 050602 political science & public administration, Economics, 050207 economics, Subjective well-being, health care economics and organizations, media_common, Perceived safety, Fractionalization, 05 social sciences, Polarization (politics), trust, ethnic diversity, [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance, 0506 political science, subjective well-being, Indonesia, social capital, human activities, Social capital
Abstract

International audience; This paper uses the variations of ethnic diversity between districts in Indonesia to show that diversity leads to lower social capital outcomes. I find that distinguishing between ethnic polarization and fractionalization matters for the results, as polarization has a larger negative effect. The results cannot entirely be attributed to selection on unobservables, and at least part of the relationship should be interpreted as causal. Finally, diversity seems to increase tolerance, despite its negative effect on other social capital variables such as trust, perceived safety, and participation to community activities, and voting in elections.

Published
2015

3. Persistent Poverty in Rural China: Where, Why, and How to Escape?

Author

Thomas Herzfeld, Thomas Glauben, Xiaobing Wang, and Scott Rozelle

Subjects
China, Economics and Econometrics, Asia, transient poverty, Sociology and Political Science, poverty, growth, Geography, Planning and Development, Population, Duration dependence, WASS, Development, Economic inequality, Development economics, ddc:330, Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy, countries, rural population, Duration (project management), education, Socioeconomics, education.field_of_study, hazard analysis, Poverty, Agrarische Economie en Plattelandsbeleid, transition, dynamics, mobility, Geography, sociological approach, Rural population, income inequality, Panel data
Abstract

Using rural household panel data from three Chinese provinces, this paper identifies determinants of long-term poverty and tests the duration dependence on the probability to leave poverty. Special emphasis is given to the selection of the poverty line and inter-regional differences across provinces. Results suggest that the majority of population seems to be only temporary poor. However, the probability to leave poverty for those who were poor is differently affected by poverty duration across provinces ranging from no duration dependence in Zhejiang to highly significant duration dependence in Yunnan. The number of nonworking family members, education, and several village characteristics seem to be the most important covariates. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Published
2012