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The impact of natural disasters on household income, expenditure, poverty and inequality: evidence from Vietnam
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posted on 2023-05-17, 23:35 authored by Bui, A, Dungey, MH, Nguyen, C, Pham, TPNatural disasters are expected exacerbate poverty and inequality, but little evidence exists to support the impact at household level. This article examines the effect of natural disasters on household income, expenditure, poverty and inequality using the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey in 2008. The effects of a natural disaster on household income and expenditure, corrected for fixed effects and potential endogeneity bias, are estimated at 6.9% and 7.1% declines in Vietnamese household per capita income and expenditure, respectively. Natural disasters demonstrably worsen expenditure poverty and inequality in Vietnam, and thus should be considered as a factor in designing poverty alleviation policies. © 2014 © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
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Publication title
Applied EconomicsVolume
46Issue
15Pagination
1751-1766ISSN
0003-6846Department/School
TSBEPublisher
Routledge Taylor & Francis LtdPlace of publication
4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, England, Oxfordshire, Ox14 4RnRights statement
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