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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War
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Year: 2018 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,

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Very few studies currently exist on the long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing countries. This paper examines the impacts-half a century later-of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the occupied areas during the First Indochina War. Difference-in-difference estimation results suggest that school-age children who were exposed to the program obtained significantly higher levels of education than their peers who were residing in French-occupied areas. The impacts are statistically significant for school-age girls and not for school-age boys. The analysis finds beneficial spillover and inter-generational impacts of education: affected girls enjoyed higher household living standards, had more educated spouses, and raised more educated children. The paper discusses various robustness checks and extensions that support these findings.


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The Scars of Civil War : The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict
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Year: 2020 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : The World Bank,

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This paper estimates the long-term effects on human capital accumulation and subsequent labor market outcomes of in utero and early childhood exposure to the civil war in El Salvador (1980-92), the second longest and deadliest civil conflict in Central America. Identification is obtained from spatial and intertemporal variation in the intensity of the conflict drawn from historical archive data comprising records of human casualties, disappearances, and refugees. The results show that people born in highly violent areas during the civil war saw a reduction in their probability of being employed by 6 percentage points, and of getting a high-skilled job by 5 percentage points, 20 to 30 years after it happened. The civil war also reduced their education by 0.8 year, as well as their enrollment and literacy rates. Subgroup analysis indicates that exposed males and indigenous groups experienced the largest losses in human capital and had weaker performance in the labor market.


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2nd Edition of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM)
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large-scale pollution incidents take lives and incur major health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which often comprise extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, responses, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, the timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event (or events). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction worldwide.

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Public health & preventive medicine --- infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities --- n/a


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2nd Edition of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM)
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large-scale pollution incidents take lives and incur major health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which often comprise extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, responses, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, the timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event (or events). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction worldwide.

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infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities --- n/a


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2nd Edition of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health-EDRM)
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones, floods, heat waves, nuclear accidents, and large-scale pollution incidents take lives and incur major health problems. The majority of large-scale disasters affect the most vulnerable populations, which often comprise extreme ages, remote living areas, and endemic poverty, as well as people with low literacy. Health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) refers to the systematic analysis and management of health risks surrounding emergencies and disasters, and plays an important role in reducing the hazards and vulnerability along with extending preparedness, responses, and recovery measures. This concept encompasses risk analyses and interventions, such as accessible early warning systems, the timely deployment of relief workers, and the provision of suitable drugs and medical equipment to decrease the impact of disasters on people before, during, and after an event (or events). Currently, there is a major gap in the scientific literature regarding Health-EDRM to facilitate major global policies and initiatives for disaster risk reduction worldwide.

Keywords

Public health & preventive medicine --- infection spread and control --- infection risk --- human behavior --- close contact --- sensor-based --- indoor environment --- indoor positioning --- head and body motion --- open-plan office --- disaster --- psychosocial impacts --- community resilience --- Kumamoto earthquake --- DMHISS --- disaster psychiatry --- Japan --- acute mental health needs --- duration of activity --- DPAT (Disaster Psychiatric Assistance Team) --- cold --- personal health protective behaviour --- associated factors --- risk perception --- subtropical city --- disaster responders --- support --- psychosocial --- risk management --- COVID-19 --- urban --- health risks --- Health-Emergency and Disaster Risk Management --- biological hazard --- pandemic --- PHEIC --- Hong Kong --- Fukushima nuclear accident --- mass media --- Internet --- public health practice --- community mental health services --- typhoon --- hurricane --- cyclone --- strong wind levels --- natural disaster --- Health-EDRM --- risk-taking behaviour --- sensation seeking --- landslide displacement --- predictive uncertainty --- ensemble prediction --- probability combination scheme --- quantile regression neural networks (QRNNs) --- kernel density estimation (KDE) --- Daegu --- sense of belonging --- pride --- mental health --- disaster relief fund --- non-communicable disease --- self-care --- NCD management --- home care --- early phase of pandemic --- health-EDRM --- primary prevention --- vector-borne disease --- biological hazards --- climate change --- narrative review --- Asia Pacific --- Health EDRM --- long-term impact --- public health --- case study --- disaster management --- multi-case analysis --- Europe --- flood --- elderly --- cardiovascular diseases --- cerebrovascular diseases --- H-EDRM --- extreme temperature --- socioeconomic vulnerability --- health disparities

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