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The Well‐Being of Elderly Survivors after Natural Disasters: Measuring the Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Author(s) -

Sugano Saki

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

the japanese economic review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.205

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 1468-5876

pISSN - 1352-4739

DOI - 10.1111/jere.12103

Subject(s) - natural disaster , natural experiment , estimation , panel data , demographic economics , economics , difference in differences , socioeconomics , demography , geography , medicine , sociology , econometrics , management , pathology , meteorology

The Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 had a devastating impact on the north‐eastern part of Japan. In the quasi‐experimental situation, using panel data collected 6 months after the earthquake, the present study examines the causal effects of the disaster on both the economic and psychological well‐being of elderly survivors affected by the earthquake and tsunami. The results by difference‐in‐difference estimation show that there was a significant impact on expenditure and employment, but little significant impact on subjective well‐being or health. The impact on well‐being and health of survivors may have been mitigated by the early economic recovery.

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