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...
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ПОДРОБНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ
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2009/04/01
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Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики
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WPS4909
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1
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2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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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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