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De la calamidad a la oportunidad: mejoras en la calidad habitacional en Colombia durante el Fenómeno de la Niña 2010-2011

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  • Andrés Mauricio Sánchez-Jabba
  • Solangie Artunduaga-López

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Este estudio evalúa el impacto de la provisión de vivienda en una zona rural de un país en desarrollo. Para ello se analiza un programa gubernamental que entregó casas prefabricadas a hogares cuya vivienda fue destruida por una inundación provocada por la ruptura del Canal del Dique en Santa Lucía, Colombia, a finales de 2010. La evaluación empleó metodologías complementarias de Diferencias en Diferencias y Propensity Score Matching para la inferencia causal, reduciendo la endogeneidad asociada con la asignación no aleatoria del tratamiento. Las condiciones habitacionales se midieron mediante un índice que abarca los principales componentes afectados por la intervención, entre los cuales se incluyen los materiales de construcción, el acceso a saneamiento básico y la fuente de energía utilizada para cocinar. Los resultados indican que la intervención redujo déficits habitacionales preexistentes en una magnitud de entre 0,21 y 0,37 desviaciones estándar. Al realizar un análisis descriptivo del efecto del programa sobre variables indicativas de la salud de los hogares, encontramos que el grupo de tratamiento reportó un 43,6% menos de visitas médicas y una incidencia de enfermedades gastrointestinales 38,5% menor en comparación con el grupo de control, lo que resalta el potencial de las intervenciones post- desastre para mejorar aspectos clave relacionados con el bienestar de los hogares. **** ABSTRACT: This study assesses the impact of housing provision in a rural area of a developing country. It examines a government program that delivered prefabricated houses to households whose dwellings were destroyed by flooding caused by the breach of the Canal del Dique in Santa Lucía, Colombia, at the end of 2010. The evaluation combined Difference-in-Differences and Propensity Score Matching methodologies to draw causal inference and mitigate the endogeneity arising from the program’s non-random assignment. Housing conditions were measured with an index that captures the main components affected by the intervention, including construction materials, access to basic sanitation, and energy sources used for cooking. The results indicate that the program reduced pre-existing housing deficits by between 0.21 and 0.37 standard deviations. A descriptive analysis of health-related variables shows that the treatment group reported 43.6 percent fewer medical visits and a 38.5 percent lower incidence of gastrointestinal diseases than the control group, underscoring the potential of post-disaster interventions to improve key aspects of household well-being.

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  • Andrés Mauricio Sánchez-Jabba & Solangie Artunduaga-López, 2025. "De la calamidad a la oportunidad: mejoras en la calidad habitacional en Colombia durante el Fenómeno de la Niña 2010-2011," Documentos de trabajo sobre Economía Regional y Urbana 333, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  • Handle: RePEc:bdr:region:333
    DOI: 10.32468/dtseru.333
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    Keywords

    respuestas gubernamentales a desastres naturales; déficit habitacional en zonas rurales; evaluación de impacto; governmental responses to natural disasters; housing deficit in rural areas; impact evaluation;
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    JEL classification:

    • H84 - Public Economics - - Miscellaneous Issues - - - Disaster Aid
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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