Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201870 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 7644
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In 2011, Thailand experienced its worst flood ever. Using repeated waves of the Thai Household Survey, we analyse the flood’s economic impacts. In 2012, households answered a set of questions on the extent of flooding they experienced. We use this self-identified flood exposure, and external exposure indicators from satellite images, to identify both directly affected households and those that were not directly flooded but their communities were (the spillovers). We measure the impact of the disaster on income, expenditure, assets, debt and savings levels, directly, and indirectly on spillover households. We also analyse the flood’s impacts across different socio-economic groups.
Subjects: 
disaster
flood
Thailand
economic impact
JEL: 
O12
Q54
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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