Post-disaster aid and development of the manufacturing sector: Lessons from a natural experiment in China
Post-disaster aid and development of the manufacturing sector: Lessons from a natural experiment in China
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灾后援助与制造业发展：中国自然实验的经验教训
DOI：
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.10.019
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发表时间：
2018-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Zhang, Xiaobo
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作者：
Bulte, Erwin;Xu, Lihe;Zhang, Xiaobo
我们采用了一种非集计的方法来研究援助和荷兰病动态之间的联系，使用在中国的自然实验。具体而言，我们研究是否提供给中国县的子样本，在2008年地震破坏灾后援助，影响当地经济的部门组成。使用不同的方法，我们一致发现，接受（更多）援助的县--甚至是没有直接受到地震破坏的“附近县”--往往会遭受制造业的收缩。该论文的创新点包括其区域视角;其识别策略（基于中国政策中的一项特殊规定--成对援助）;以及在灾后援助背景下对荷兰病影响的关注。(C)2017由Elsevier B. V.出版
We adopt a disaggregate approach to study the link between aid and Dutch Disease dynamics, using a natural experiment in China. Specifically, we examine whether post disaster aid provided to a subsample of Chinese counties, devastated by an earthquake in 2008, affects the sectoral composition of local economies. Using different methods we consistently find that counties receiving (more) aid - even "nearby counties" not directly damaged by the earthquake - tend to suffer from a contraction of the manufacturing sector. Innovative features of the paper include its regional perspective; its identification strategy (resting on a special provision in Chinese policy - pairwise aid); and its focus on Dutch disease effects in the context of post-disaster aid. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier B.V.