@techreport{fdi:010067178, title = {{B}uild back better ? {L}ong-lasting impact of the 2010 earthquake in {H}a{\¨ie}ti}, author = {{S}aint-{M}acary, {C}amille and {Z}anuso, {C}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}his paper analyses the long-lasting effects of the 2010 {H}aiti earthquake on household well-being. {U}sing original longitudinal data and objective geological measures, we estimate the impact over the whole country, and outside the {M}etropolitan {A}rea of {P}ort-au-{P}rince with difference-in-difference estimations. {A}s the earthquake hit the country in a very specific area, its capital city, we employ different strategies to address the possible violation of the parallel trend assumption. {W}e provide strong evidence that in {H}aiti the immediate negative shock has been associated to persistent welfare losses over time{O}ur results also show that the earthquake has an overall negative long-lasting impact on labour market participation. {W}hen we exclude the more specific {M}etropolitan area, we observe a drop of 3.9 p.p. in the probability to participate to labour market, encumbering the resilient recovery. {T}he disruption of household's livelihood system reduce the probability to recover from the shock without external aid. {H}owever, our findings suggest that the assistance program's coverage, even among the most impacted households has been highly variable.}, keywords = {{SEISME} ; {CATASTROPHE} {NATURELLE} ; {RICHESSE} ; {CONDITIONS} {DE} {VIE} ; {MARCHE} {DU} {TRAVAIL} ; {ANALYSE} {STATISTIQUE} ; {POPULATION} {URBAINE} ; {IMPACT} {SOCIOECONOMIQUE} ; {BIEN} {ETRE} ; {HAITI} ; {PORT} {AU} {PRINCE}}, address = {{P}aris}, publisher = {{DIAL}}, series = {{D}ocuments de {T}ravail - {DIAL}}, pages = {37 multigr.}, year = {2015}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067178}, }