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TUPD-2023-005

表 題 How Does Flood Affect Children Differently? The Impact of Flood on Children’s Education, Labor, Food Consumption, and Cognitive Development
著 者 Chinh Thi Tuyet Mai

東北大学経済学研究科 博士課程

日引 聡

東北大学経済学研究科 教授
政策デザイン研究センター センター長

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要 旨

This paper contributes an in-depth study of the short- and long-term effects of floods on the cognitive development of school-aged children. Specifically, we exploit individual-level microdata from a longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Vietnam. Our analyses indicate that floods immediately imposed negative impacts on children’s cognitive skills, but these impacts would be mitigated in the long run. Changes in child schooling, time allocation between school and work, and household food consumption (child nutrition) appear to be potential channels behind these impacts. Girls, older children, firstborn children, and children belonging to ethnic minorities are more vulnerable to the adverse effects of flooding. Our results suggest that policies to alleviate the credit constraints of households in the above groups could mitigate the damage imposed by natural disasters on human capital accumulation.

キーワード 認知スキル Cognitive skills, 自然災害 Natural disasters, 児童労働 Child labor, 教育 Education, 少数民族 Ethnic minority
発行年月 2023年 5月

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