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Effect of major disasters on geographic mobility intentions: the case of the Fukushima nuclear accident

In: Handbook on the Economics of Disasters

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  • Eiji Yamamura
  • Chisako Yamane
  • Shoko Yamane
  • Yoshiro Tsutsui

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This chapter uses panel data from Japan to explore how the Great East Japan Earthquake influenced the intention to leave one's place of residence by comparing the same individuals' responses before and after the earthquake. Controlling for unobserved individual fixed effects and various individual characteristics, we found that (1) people were more willing to leave their place of residence after the disaster when they lived closer to Fukushima, (2) the effect of the disaster on respondents' intention to leave was reinforced when they had a young child, and (3) after dividing the sample by gender, these tendencies were observed among women but not among men. Based on the last finding, we conclude that differences between men and women in perceived risk lead to differences in mobility intentions.

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  • Eiji Yamamura & Chisako Yamane & Shoko Yamane & Yoshiro Tsutsui, 2022. "Effect of major disasters on geographic mobility intentions: the case of the Fukushima nuclear accident," Chapters, in: Mark Skidmore (ed.), Handbook on the Economics of Disasters, chapter 14, pages 275-291, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    2. Yamamura, Eiji, 2016. "Impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on obesity of children in Japan (2008–2014)," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 21(C), pages 110-121.
    3. Cheng, John W. & Mitomo, Hitoshi & Otsuka, Tokio & Jeon, Stefan Y., 2015. "The effects of ICT and mass media in post-disaster recovery – A two model case study of the Great East Japan Earthquake," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 39(6), pages 515-532.
    4. Yamamura, Eiji, 2015. "Impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on obesity of children in Japan, using data from 2008 to 2014," MPRA Paper 67076, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Cheng, John W. & Mitomo, Hitoshi & Otsuka, Tokio & Jeon, Stefan Y., 2015. "Media’s Effects on People’s Perceptions and Intentions in Post-Disaster Recovery – a Case Study of the Great East Japan Earthquake," 26th European Regional ITS Conference, Madrid 2015 127133, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).

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