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The impact of flood hazards on local employment

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  • Camilo Sarmiento

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In a spatial model of aggregate municipal employment, this article shows statistically that floods disrupt employment in municipalities. Flood events decrease local employment on average by 3.4%. Employment levels, however, recover after one year.

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  • Camilo Sarmiento, 2007. "The impact of flood hazards on local employment," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(15), pages 1123-1126.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:14:y:2007:i:15:p:1123-1126
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850600606026
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    1. Hamid R. Oskorouchi & Alfonso Sousa‐Poza, 2021. "Floods, food security, and coping strategies: Evidence from Afghanistan," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 52(1), pages 123-140, January.
    2. Yoshito Takasaki, 2013. "Do natural disasters beget fraud victimization?: Unrealized coping through labor migration among the poor," Tsukuba Economics Working Papers 2013-002, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba.
    3. Balaei, Behrooz & Noy, Ilan & Wilkinson, Suzanne & Potangaroa, Regan, 2021. "Economic factors affecting water supply resilience to disasters," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    4. Nicholas Apergis, 2020. "Natural Disasters and Housing Prices: Fresh Evidence from a Global Country Sample," International Real Estate Review, Global Social Science Institute, vol. 23(2), pages 815-836.
    5. Nicholas Apergis, 2020. "Natural Disasters and Housing Prices: Fresh Evidence from a Global Country Sample," International Real Estate Review, Global Social Science Institute, vol. 23(2), pages 189-210.
    6. Donadelli, M. & Jüppner, M. & Paradiso, A. & Ghisletti, M., 2020. "Tornado activity, house prices, and stock returns," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).

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