How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida

Autor/inn/en	Belasen, Ariel R.; Polachek, Solomon W.
Titel	How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 44 (2009) 1, S.251-276 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Employment; Counties; Enrollment; Natural Disasters; Labor Market; Economic Factors; Wages; Census Figures; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dienstverhältnis; Einschulung; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ökonomischer Faktor; Wage; Löhne; Volkszählung
Abstract	This study improves upon the Difference in Difference approach by examining exogenous shocks using a Generalized Difference in Difference (GDD) technique that identifies economic effects of hurricanes. Based on the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data, worker earnings in Florida counties hit by a hurricane increase up to 4 percent, whereas earnings in neighboring counties decrease. Over time, workers experience faster earnings and slower employment growth than workers in unaffected counties. Hurricanes have a greater impact in coastal and Panhandle counties, and powerful hurricanes have greater economic effects than weaker ones. Further, the GDD technique is applicable to analyze a wider range of exogenous shocks than hurricanes. (Contains 4 figures, 4 tables and 14 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10