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On the Importance of social capital in the aftermath of natural disasters: An empirical investigation of the 2010 Chilean earthquake

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  • David Fleming Muñoz

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

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After the occurrence of natural disasters rural households may opt for one or more coping strategies to recover pre-shock welfare levels. Although previous economic studies have analyzed factors influencing households’ decisions regarding coping strategies, just a few have analyzed the role that social capital (SC) may play in the access to and use of coping strategies by households in areas affected by natural disasters. The research presented in this paper, using data from surveys administered to households of rural villages severely affected by the 2010 Chilean earthquake, investigates this issue by analyzing the incidence of different types of SC regarding the probability that a household faces for accessing and using a particular coping strategy, Results show that, after controlling for household characteristics and the damages that these households suffered from the earthquake, social capital does matter for the accessibility and use of diverse sources of help and recovery.

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  • David Fleming Muñoz, 2012. "On the Importance of social capital in the aftermath of natural disasters: An empirical investigation of the 2010 Chilean earthquake," Working Papers 201241, Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program, revised 2012.
    • Handle: RePEc:lae:wpaper:201241
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