The effect of natural disaster on fertility, birth spacing, and child sex ratio: evidence from a major earthquake in India

Natural disasters can lead to significant changes in health, economic, and demographic outcomes. However, the demographic effects of earthquakes have been studied only to a limited degree. This paper examines the effect of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake on reproductive outcomes. This earthquake killed...

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Published in:Journal of population economics 2018-01, Vol.31 (1), p.267-293
Main Authors: Nandi, Arindam, Mazumdar, Sumit, Behrman, Jere R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Birth
Birth intervals
Birth spacing
Births
Childbirth & labor
Demographics
Demography
Districts
Earthquakes
Economic change
Economics
Economics and Finance
Fertility
Health status
Households
Labor Economics
Natural disasters
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Population Economics
Property
Regression analysis
Regression models
Rural communities
Seismic activity
Sex ratio
Social Policy
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic status
Socioeconomics
Spacing
Women
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