In 2005 a large earthquake struck northern Pakistan. Exposure to the earthquake was
plausibly exogenous to household and individual characteristics, and households received …

We exploit the quasi-random spatial and temporal nature of ground tremors to evaluate the
long-term impact of the 1988 earthquake on educational outcomes among affected children …

This study estimates the effects of the 1970 Ancash earthquake on human capital
accumulation on the affected and subsequent generation, 37 years after the shock, using …

The last few years have seen a notable increase in the number of studies investigating the
causes and effects of natural disasters in many dimensions. This paper seeks to review and …

The objective of this paper is to review the available evidence on one important micro‐level
mechanism linking civil wars and long‐term development outcomes, namely the level and …

We combine data from the 2002 National Population Census and the distribution of the
number of human rights violations and victims across 22 departments to examine how …

The G reat H anshin‐A waji (K obe) earthquake struck J apan in 1995, causing devastating
damage to the economic landscape of S outh‐central J apan. This study investigates how …

Although natural disasters are commonplace, they leave in their wake an enormous amount
of damage. The physical damage they cause is immediately apparent, but less obvious is …

This paper provides empirical evidence of the persistent effect of exposure to political
violence on human capital accumulation. I exploit the variation in conflict location and birth …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine how social capital operated in the lives of
15 respondents from Lalitpur following the massive 1934 Kathmandu Valley earthquake …