Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/145076 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 6041
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
economic growth
natural disasters
tropical storms
transmission channels
JEL: 
Q54
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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