Natural Disasters, Human Development and Poverty at the Municipal Level in Mexico
利用墨西哥市级面板数据，分析洪水、干旱等自然灾害对人类发展和贫困水平的影响，发现这些冲击会显著降低相关社会指标。
Abstract This article analyses the effects of natural disasters on human development and poverty levels at the municipal level in Mexico. Using several sources, we build a panel of data in order to uncover if different natural shocks can affect social indicators. After controlling for geographic and natural characteristics which can make municipalities more hazard prone, as well as for other institutional, socio-economic and demographic pre-shock characteristics, in addition to using fixed effects, we find that general shocks, especially from floods and droughts, lead to significant drops in both types of indicator.