Analyzing the Relationship Between Exposure to Extreme Weather and Economic Inequality in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Palanca-Tan, Rosalina, Bayani-Arias, Jaimie Kim
• 格式: text
• 出版: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• 主題: inequality decomposition; extreme event exposure; Theil decomposition analysis; Economics; Economic Theory
• 在線閱讀: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/100; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1099&context=economics-faculty-pubs

This paper looks into the relationship between typhoon exposure and inequality in per capita income and per capita expenditure of households in the Philippines by comparing the change in the Theil L and Theil T inequality indexes between 2009 and 2012 across different exposure groups. A decompositio...