Author : Isabel Miranda
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)
Book Synopsis The Long-run Effects of Tropical Cyclones on Infant Mortality by : Isabel Miranda
Download or read book The Long-run Effects of Tropical Cyclones on Infant Mortality written by Isabel Miranda and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States alone, each tropical cyclone causes an average of $14.6 billion worth of damages. In addition to the destruction of physical infrastructure, natural disasters also negatively impact human capital formation. These losses are often more difficult to observe, and therefore, are over looked when quantifying the true costs of natural disasters. One particular effect is an increase in infant mortality rates, an important indicator of a country's general socioeconomic level. This paper utilizes a model created by Anttila-Hughes and Hsiang, that takes advantage of annual variation in tropical cyclones using annual spatial average maximum wind speeds and Demographic and Health Surveys data, in order to find a causal relationship between infant mortality and tropical cyclones. The results show that there is a statistically significant increase in infant mortality with a lagged effect. This research topic is even more relevant given the evidence on climate change such as rising sea temperatures, which aggravates both the occurrence and severity of tropical cyclones.