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Natural Disasters and Vulnerability: Evidence from the 1997 Forest Fires in Indonesia

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  • Wong Po. Yin

    (University of Maryland)

  • Brown Philip H.

    (GeoSource Capital)

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Few studies have attempted to investigate the link between poverty and vulnerability with respect to natural disasters. By applying a utility model to panel data from Indonesia that brackets a major forest fire, this paper estimates and analyzes households’ vulnerability in both total consumption and food consumption. We find that households with a high degree of exposure to smoke from the fires were more vulnerable in total consumption than households with lower exposure, but that they were no more vulnerable in food consumption.

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  • Wong Po. Yin & Brown Philip H., 2011. "Natural Disasters and Vulnerability: Evidence from the 1997 Forest Fires in Indonesia," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 11(1), pages 1-24, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:11:y:2011:i:1:n:66
    DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2658
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