Do Natural Disasters Affect Human Capital? An Assessment Based on Existing Empirical Evidence
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natural disasters; human capital accumulation;JEL classification:
- I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2010-09-11 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
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