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De Alwis, Diana |
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Noy, Ilan |
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2016-10-02T21:49:19Z |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-07-07T21:28:48Z |
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dc.date.available |
2016-10-02T21:49:19Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-07-07T21:28:48Z |
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dc.date.copyright |
2016 |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/19497 |
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dc.description.abstract |
We estimate the causal effect of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka on household income and consumption eight years after the event, using a quasi-experimental method. A strong association between area-wide tsunami disaster shock and increases in household income and consumption in the long-term emerged from our empirical investigation. Deviating from the common observation on short-term impacts, these results are suggestive of an optimistic potential for some long-lasting potentially successful recovery scenarios. Still, Sri Lanka received a very large amount of external transfers post-tsunami, much larger than is typical for disaster events and one which may not be replicable in other cases. Our findings suggest a more nuanced picture with respect to household consumption impacts. We observe a reduction of food consumption and only find an increase in non-food consumption. The increase in non-food consumption is much smaller than the observed increase in income. We also find that households in high-income regions experienced much better recovery from the disaster. |
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pdf |
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dc.publisher |
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
SEF Working paper ; 19/2016 |
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dc.subject |
Sri Lanka |
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dc.subject |
Indian Ocean Tsunami |
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dc.subject |
Household income |
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Household consumption |
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Disaster |
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Household survey |
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Long-run impact |
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dc.title |
Sri Lankan households a decade after the Indian Ocean tsunami |
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Text |
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School of Economics and Finance |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcfor |
140218 Urban and Regional Economics |
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vuwschema.type.vuw |
Working or Occasional Paper |
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vuwschema.subject.anzsrcforV2 |
380118 Urban and regional economics |
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http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sef/research/sef-working-papers |
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