How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective

Nekeisha Spencer , Solomon Polachek , Eric Strobl (1, 2, 3)

1 X - École polytechnique
2 IPAG Business School
3 GREQAM - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille

This study examines whether hurricanes have any impact on performance in high school standardized examinations. The analysis uses a panel of thirteen Caribbean countries and over 800 schools for the p

Keywords: Economie quantitative

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance

Nekeisha Spencer, Solomon Polachek, Eric Strobl. How do hurricanes impact scholastic achievement? A Caribbean perspective. Natural Hazards, 2016, 84 (2), pp.1437--1462. ⟨10.1007/s11069-016-2494-7⟩. ⟨hal-01446220⟩