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Title: The Long-Term Human Toll of Natural Disasters: A Study of Fetal Exposure to the 1974 Super-Tornado Outbreak

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: This study investigates the long-term effect of fetal exposure to the 1974 Super Tornado Outbreak on health and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood. Using the 2008-2014 American Community Survey and a difference-in-differences framework, we estimate that, in the 30s, this stressful in-utero shock increases the probability of vision/hearing difficulty by 17 percent and cognitive difficulty by 8 percent, and lowers the socioeconomic status by 1 percent compared with unaffected cohorts. An estimate implies that the annual income loss from disaster-driven health problems was $136 million in 2014.

Url: http://cdj.snu.ac.kr/DP/2017/DP201708.Hong.pdf

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Authors: Hong, Sok Chul; Kim, Dongyoung; Lee, Eutteum

Publisher: Seoul National University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Natural Resource Management, Poverty and Welfare

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