How Do Disasters Change Inter-Group Perceptions? Evidence from the 2018 Sulawesi Earthquake

Yuzuka Kashiwagi () and Yasuyuki Todo
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Yuzuka Kashiwagi: Waseda University and National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience

No 2122, Working Papers from Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics

Abstract: This study investigates whether and how natural disasters affect intergroup perceptions, particularly focusing on subjective expectations for dependability on other groups in emergencies. We conduct a household survey in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, which has experienced religious conflicts and was heavily hit by the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake. Our estimation results from the survey data indicate that individuals who suffered from the earthquake exhibit higher expectations for access to emergency support from other religious groups in the future. As a possible mechanism of this change, we show that the direct and indirect experience of actual cooperation between groups after the earthquake contribute to the higher expectations of sufferers. We also find heterogeneity in the effect of the earthquake on intergroup perception, depending on, for example, the types of damage and past experiences.

Keywords: disasters; subjective expectations; helping networks; weak ties. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 D83 D91 H84 O12 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2022-02
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