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Impact of Fertility on Natural Disasters in Developed and Developing<br />

Countries<br />

Kithanjeli A/ P Hari Krishnan<br />

Supervisor: Dr Jaharudin Bin Padli<br />

Bachelor of Economics (Natural Resources)<br />

School Of Social and Economic Development<br />

This study is to examine the relationship between fertility, inflation, unemployment,<br />

population, research and development (R&D), gross domestic product (GDP),<br />

international tourism and refugee population on the impact of natural disasters such<br />

as total death, total affected and total damage in 34 selected countries from 1997 to<br />

2014. The panel data are used in this analysis where the results show that fertility<br />

have positive relationship and highly significant on natural disasters fatalities. The<br />

results imply that an increase in the number of birth will increase the impact of natural<br />

hazards.<br />

1423 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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