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- Title
Can government support improve households' ability to resist natural disaster shocks? Evidence from poor rural areas in China.
- Authors
Yang, Yuying; Du, Hui; Gao, Duanyang; Li, Rui
- Abstract
Extreme weather events are among the main channels through which natural disaster shocks interact with poverty. Microlevel research regarding the effects of government support on poor rural households' resilience to natural disasters is beneficial for identifying complementarities between disaster mitigation and poverty alleviation. In contrast to previous research, this study directly explores the impact of government support on households' ability to resist natural disaster shocks in China in the context of multiple natural disasters. Using four waves of a rural household panel survey in six poor counties in China, this study applies PSM-DID and mediating effect models to explore the impact of government support on households' ability to resist natural disaster shocks. Four relevant emerge. (1) Government support could significantly reduce the probability of households suffering from natural disaster shocks and improve households' ability to resist natural disaster shocks. (2) Government support can increase households' ability to resist natural disaster shocks by raising non-farm income. (3) Government support primarily enhances resistance to natural disasters among poor and small rural households. (4) Government support has more significant effects in reducing the probability of households suffering from droughts and floods. We argue that government provision of targeted safety net programs to mitigate the effects of systemic natural hazards is crucial for establishing risk resilience for farm households, and the conditions for policy effectiveness must be addressed.
- Subjects
CHINA; RURAL poor; NATURAL disasters; GOVERNMENT aid; HAZARD mitigation; EXTREME weather; HOUSEHOLDS; DISASTER resilience
- Publication
Natural Hazards, 2023, Vol 119, Issue 3, p1583
- ISSN
0921-030X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11069-023-06149-w