Arbeitspapier

Hurricanes, Economic Growth and Transmission Channels - Empirical Evidence for Developed and Underdeveloped Countries

While the short-term growth consequences of natural disasters are comparatively well studied, there is little knowledge how disasters affect long-run growth. Based on truly exogenous storm indicators, derived from a meteorological database, we show that the growth effects of tropical storms go well beyond the short-term perspective. These negative growth effects of hurricanes are especially pronounced in underdeveloped countries which have comparatively little possibilities to protect against storm consequences. We show that the negative growth effects in underdeveloped countries are amplified by an increase in net fertility and a decrease in educational efforts in the aftermath of occurring hurricanes.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6041

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Thema
economic growth
natural disasters
tropical storms
transmission channels

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Berlemann, Michael
Wenzel, Daniela
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2016

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Berlemann, Michael
  • Wenzel, Daniela
  • Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2016

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