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Food Affordability and Double Catastrophe in Early Life: Lessons from the 1974–75 Bangladesh Famine

Shabnam, Nourin; Ulubaşoğlu, Mehmet A.; Guven, Cahit

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Mehmet A. Ulubaşoğlu

Cahit Guven



Abstract

We study the educational outcomes of the 1974–75 Bangladesh famine among early life survivors using the 1991 Bangladesh micro-census data. We find that famine adversely affected survivor children in areas that experienced higher rice prices relative to labour wages. However, children living in wealthy households in famine-stricken areas escaped the adverse effects and had similar educational outcomes as those with no famine exposure. We also find that, surprisingly, exposure to a double catastrophe (i.e., concurrent famine and flood) in early life had weaker effects on survivor children's education than exposure to a single catastrophe. We show that disaster-alleviation mechanisms were more effective in districts affected by double disasters.

Citation

Shabnam, N., Ulubaşoğlu, M. A., & Guven, C. (2022). Food Affordability and Double Catastrophe in Early Life: Lessons from the 1974–75 Bangladesh Famine. Economic Record, 98(S1), 24-51. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12668

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 2, 2022
Online Publication Date Jun 8, 2022
Publication Date Sep 6, 2022
Deposit Date Feb 21, 2023
Publicly Available Date Feb 23, 2023
Journal Economic Record
Print ISSN 0013-0249
Electronic ISSN 1475-4932
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 98
Issue S1
Pages 24-51
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12668
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1181134

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