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  Quality of Government and the Relationship between Natural Disasters and Child Poverty: A Comparative Analysis

Daoud, A., Halleröd, B., & Guha Sapir, D. (2015). Quality of Government and the Relationship between Natural Disasters and Child Poverty: A Comparative Analysis. MPIfG Discussion Paper, 15/5.

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Daoud, Adel1, 2, Author           
Halleröd, Björn2, Author
Guha Sapir, Debarati3, Author
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1Projekte von Gastwissenschaftlern und Postdoc-Stipendiaten, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214554              
2Department of Sociology and Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, ou_persistent22              
3Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Brussels, Belgium, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: This paper explores the degree to which exposure to reoccurring natural disasters of
various kinds explains seven dimensions of severe child poverty in 67 middle- and
low-income countries. It also analyzes how certain institutional conditions, namely the
quality of government (QoG), have moderating effects on the relationship between
disasters and child poverty. Two main hypotheses are tested. The first is that disasters
do have an adverse average effect on severe poverty. The second is that disasters reveal
a positive coefficient (i.e., more disasters, more deprivation) but that higher levels
of QoG negatively moderate this effect, i.e., the adverse effect of disasters is diminished
by increasingly high QoG levels. From 70 possible combinations of relationships
(7 types of deprivation combined with 10 types of natural disaster measures), 11 have
the expected correlation between disasters and child deprivation and only one has the
expected interactive correlation between quality of government, disasters, and child
poverty. Several unexpected results could also be observed which are discussed in the
paper along with recommendations for future research.
 Abstract: Das Papier untersucht den Zusammenhang zwischen hoher Kinderarmut und Ausmaß
und Häufigkeit von Naturkatastrophen. Hierzu werden sieben Dimensionen der Kinderarmut
in 67 Ländern mit mittlerem und niedrigem Pro-Kopf-Einkommen analysiert,
die wiederholt von Naturkatastrophen betroffen sind. Am Beispiel der Regierungsqualität
(Quality of Government, QoG) wird weiterhin untersucht, ob und inwieweit institutionelle
Rahmenbedingungen den Zusammenhang zwischen Katastrophen und Kinderarmut
beeinflussen. Zwei Haupthypothesen werden getestet: (1) Katastrophen haben
generell einen negativen Effekt auf schwere Armut; (2) Katastrophen haben einen
positiven Koeffizienten (mehr Katastrophen, mehr Deprivation), aber höhere QoGWerte
mildern diesen Effekt, das heißt, die negativen Auswirkungen von Katastrophen
werden von höheren QoG-Werten abgeschwächt. Von siebzig möglichen Beziehungskombinationen
(sieben Deprivationstypen kombiniert mit zehn Schweregraden von
Naturkatastrophen) weisen elf die erwartete Korrelation zwischen Katastrophen und
Deprivation bei Kindern auf, aber nur eine besitzt die erwartete interaktive Korrelation
zwischen QoG, Katastrophen und Kinderarmut. In dem Discussion Paper werden darüber
hinaus verschiedene unerwartete Ergebnisse sowie Empfehlungen für die weitere
Forschung diskutiert.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2015-05
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: IV, 30
 Publishing info: Köln : Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung
 Table of Contents: 1 Introduction
2 Background: Natural disasters, institutions, and child poverty
3 Data
Micro data on severe child deprivation
Measuring natural disasters
Measuring quality of government
Additional control variables
4 Theoretical assumptions and research design
Hypotheses specification
Estimation strategy
5 Results
Marginal effect plots
Explaining unexpected results
6 Concluding discussion
Appendix: Tables
References
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Title: MPIfG Discussion Paper
Source Genre: Series
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MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, Editor              
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 15/5 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0944-2073
ISSN: 1864-4325