Modeling Impact of Natural Hazard-Induced Disasters on Income Distribution in the United States

作     者：Lin Fang Jiayu Wu Tatjana Miljkovic 

作者机构：Department of StatisticsMiami UniversityOxfordOH 45056USA 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Disaster Risk Science》 (国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第8卷第4期

页      面：435-444页

核心收录：

学科分类：02[经济学] 0709[理学-地质学] 08[工学] 0303[法学-社会学] 0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 083002[工学-环境工程] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0705[理学-地理学] 0837[工学-安全科学与工程] 0706[理学-大气科学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0704[理学-天文学] 0833[工学-城乡规划学] 

主　　题：Disaster insurance Gini coefficient Income distribution Natural hazard-induced disasters United States 

摘      要：Economic damage due to hurricane activities has been shown to impact income inequality in the coastal states of the United States. We consider 17 other natural hazards, in addition to hurricanes, that affected the entire United States for the period 1970–2013. Two fixed effects models were developed to quantify the relationship between income inequality and economic and demographic variables, including crop and property losses from natural hazard-induced disasters. These models include state-byyear and region-by-year fixed effects models. Our findings show that the damages from all natural hazards impact income distribution across the United States, not only in hurricane-affected areas, but also in non-hurricane states.The results of our study have important implications for the insurance industry and government policymakers.