Browsing by Author "Wong, PY"
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Does the Type of News Coverage Influence Donations to Disaster Relief? Evidence from the 2008 Cyclone in Myanmar
Brown, PH; Wong, PY (2009-12-01)This paper examines the relationship between media coverage of a major natural disaster and charitable giving for disaster relief, focusing on three questions: first, was media coverage of Cyclone Nargis in May 2008 ... -
Losing in a boom: Long-term consequences of a local economic shock for female labour market outcomes
Bennett, P; Ravetti, C; Wong, PY (2021-12-01)This article examines the long-term labour market consequences of a positive and large-scale economic shock, the discovery of oil and gas in Norway. Using longitudinal data on the entire Norwegian population, we find that ... -
Mothers' Marital Status and Type of Delivery Medical Care in Guatemala
Wong, PY (2011-02-01)The use of modern medical care for child delivery in rural Guatemala is low relative to other Latin American countries. In the previous literature, factors such as a woman's age, education, ethnicity, religious affiliation ... -
Natural disasters and vulnerability: Evidence from the 1997 forest fires in Indonesia
Wong, PY; Brown, PH (2011-11-09)Few studies have attempted to investigate the link between poverty and vulnerability with respect to natural disasters. By applying a utility model to panel data from Indonesia that brackets a major forest fire, this paper ...