The 2015 earthquake in Nepal affected approximately 8 million people, resulting in an
economic loss of 10 billion US dollars. We exploit the quasi-random spatial and temporal …

Although the threat of forest fires is prevalent across the globe, there exists limited empirical
evidence on how such environmental disasters influence access and equity in educational …

This article exploits a plausibly exogenous variation in peak ground acceleration to evaluate
the impact of the 2015 earthquake on water and sanitation services among affected …

This article exploits a sharp age cutoff for eligibility of a nationwide senior citizen allowance
program in Nepal to show that a universal social protection increased the likelihood of …

Understanding how economic agents respond to seismic shocks in a developing country
setting is crucial to evaluating the economic costs of natural disasters. This article makes use …

Forest fires contribute significantly to air pollution with direct implications for health
deterioration and human capital development. This article takes advantage of satellite data …

The 2009 and 2012 earthquakes in Italy occurred in a close-knit region and time horizon but
differed substantially on both the initial shock to the stock and the subsequent flow of …