Browsing by Subject "Natural Disasters"

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    Braving the Storm: Hurricanes and Human Migration
    (2024) Opatz, Aiden
    This study investigates the impact of hurricanes on human migration within the United States, leveraging year-to-year IRS data to address changes and FEMA disaster declarations. The research aims to determine whether natural disaster risks and personal experiences with such events influence migration decisions. Using a regression model similar to Mullins and Bharadwa (2021), the study measures the average impact of hurricanes on origin counties. Key variables include FEMA assistance data, county adjacency to affected areas, and various socio-economic and natural amenity factors. The findings reveal complex migration patterns, with notable influences from natural amenities, urbanization, and previous hurricane impacts. Contrary to expectations, hurricanes appear to decrease outmigration, suggesting nuanced responses to disaster risk. This work contributes to understanding how climate-related risks shape population dynamics and can inform policy on housing, infrastructure, and disaster preparedness.
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    Three Essays on Development Economics
    (2017-07) Silverio Murillo, Adan
    This dissertation consists of three empirical essays on development economics. The first essay estimates the effect of bullying on dropping out of school. I find that boys experience higher rates of bullying than girls, but bullying affects only girls' probability of dropping out of school. The second essay investigates the accuracy of information regarding assets collected through household surveys. Using a survey that asks questions regarding household assets to the wife and to the husband from families participating in the Mexican conditional cash transfer program PROGRESA, I find discrepancies between the spouses in the possession of assets reported. The third essay analyzes the use of disaster funds (government saving resources ex-ante for post-disaster use) to protect families’ consumption from a natural disaster. Using data for Hurricane Earl in Puebla, Mexico, where a disaster fund was implemented; results show a decrease in consumption, including beans, which is an essential staple good for Mexican families.