Hurricane strikes and local migration in US coastal counties

B Ouattara; Eric Strobl

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2014.03.025

Hurricane strikes and local migration in US coastal counties

B Ouattara, Eric Strobl

Economics

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We examine the effects of hurricane shocks on key migration variables in US coastal counties. Results show that hurricane strikes increase the outward migration rate and that these migrants were somewhat wealthier, but that there was no impact on inward migration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-20
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	124
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2014.03.025
Publication status	Published - Jul 2014

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