The impact of a disaster recovery policy on health status of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake victims: Evidence from a natural experiment

IF 2 4区经济学 Q2 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Review of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-17 DOI:10.1111/rode.13136

Qiong Huang, Gautam Bhandari, Ghulam Dastgir Khan, Yuichiro Yoshida

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Abstract

The 2015 Gorkha earthquake destroyed key infrastructure in Greater Kathmandu and the surrounding earthquake‐affected areas, undermining the health status of affected households. As one of the disaster recovery policies, the Nepalese government distributed taxi permits to severely affected households through a lottery. Leveraging on this natural experimental setting, we examine the impact of the policy on their health status and access to health services. The results show that the treated households have fewer chronic and diarrhoeal diseases, and fewer doctor visits. However, we find no significant difference in the households' medical expenditure between the two groups. We also find that rural households with the taxi permits benefit more from the policy. The results of this study may provide policymakers with some insight to enhance their post‐disaster recovery strategy.

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灾后恢复政策对 2015 年廓尔喀地震灾民健康状况的影响：来自自然实验的证据

2015 年的廓尔喀地震摧毁了大加德满都及周边地震灾区的重要基础设施，破坏了受灾家庭的健康状况。作为灾后恢复政策之一，尼泊尔政府通过抽签向受灾严重的家庭发放了出租车通行证。利用这一自然实验环境，我们研究了该政策对受灾家庭健康状况和获得医疗服务的影响。结果显示，受惠家庭患慢性病和腹泻的人数减少，看医生的次数也减少了。然而，我们发现两组家庭的医疗支出没有明显差异。我们还发现，持有出租车许可证的农村家庭从政策中受益更多。本研究的结果可为政策制定者提供一些启示，以加强其灾后恢复战略。

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Review of Development Economics Multiple-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

6.20%

发文量

109

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