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  "title": "Why Some Don’t Belong—The Distributional Effects of Natural Disasters",
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  "summary": "When and how do natural disasters worsen within-country income inequality? We highlight the channels through which natural disasters may have distributional effects and empirically analyze when and which type of disasters affect inequality in advanced economies (AEs) and in emerging and developing e",
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      "content": "- Examines when and how natural disasters worsen within-country income inequality.\n- Highlights channels through which natural disasters may have distributional effects.\n- Empirically analyzes which types of disasters affect inequality in advanced economies (AEs) and in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs)."
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      "heading": "Key Findings",
      "content": "- In AEs, inequality increases after severe disasters.\n- Inequality increases if severe disasters are associated with growth slowdowns in AEs and in EMDEs.\n- Inequality increases if there are multiple disasters in a year in AEs and in EMDEs.\n- Descriptive evidence for the United States suggests that adverse labor market effects of disasters are likely to fall on vulnerable groups."
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      "content": "- Subject: Economic sectors, Environment, Financial crises, Income distribution, Income inequality, Labor, Labor markets, National accounts, Natural disasters, Population and demographics\n- Keywords: Caribbean, distributional effect, effects of disaster, Income distribution, Income inequality, inequality effect, labor market effect, Labor markets, Natural disasters, projections estimate, Sub-Saharan Africa\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2023/01/07/why-some-dont-belong-the-distributional-effects-of-natural-disasters-527859"
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    "Authors: Nina Budina, Lixue Chen, Laura Nowzohour",
    "Published: January 6, 2023",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400229428.001",
    "Examines when and how natural disasters worsen within-country income inequality.",
    "Highlights channels through which natural disasters may have distributional effects.",
    "Empirically analyzes which types of disasters affect inequality in advanced economies (AEs) and in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs).",
    "In AEs, inequality increases after severe disasters.",
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    "Inequality increases if there are multiple disasters in a year in AEs and in EMDEs.",
    "Descriptive evidence for the United States suggests that adverse labor market effects of disasters are likely to fall on vulnerable groups.",
    "Subject: Economic sectors, Environment, Financial crises, Income distribution, Income inequality, Labor, Labor markets, National accounts, Natural disasters, Population and demographics",
    "Keywords: Caribbean, distributional effect, effects of disaster, Income distribution, Income inequality, inequality effect, labor market effect, Labor markets, Natural disasters, projections estimate, Sub-Saharan Africa",
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