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The Short-Run, Dynamic Employment Effects of Natural Disasters: New Insights

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  • Alessandro Barattieri
  • Patrice Borda
  • Alberto Brugnoli
  • Martino Pelli
  • Jeanne Tschopp

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We study the short-run, dynamic employment effects of natural disasters. We exploit monthly data for over 90 3-digits NAICS industries and 78 Puerto Rican counties over the period 1995-2017. Our exogenous measure of exposure to natural disasters is computed using the maximum wind speed recorded in each county during each hurricane. Using panel local projections, we find that after the “average” hurricane, employment and wages fall by 1% on average. The effects peak after six months and disappear within two years. Across industries, we find substantial heterogeneity in the employment responses. This heterogeneity can be partly explained by input-output linkages. Nous étudions les effets dynamiques à court terme des catastrophes naturelles sur l'emploi. Nous exploitons des données mensuelles pour plus de 90 industries NAICS à 3 chiffres et 78 comtés portoricains sur la période 1995-2017. Notre mesure exogène de l'exposition aux catastrophes naturelles est calculée en utilisant la vitesse maximale du vent enregistrée dans chaque comté lors de chaque ouragan. À l'aide de projections locales en panel, nous constatons qu'après un ouragan " moyen ", l'emploi et les salaires chutent de 1 % en moyenne. Les effets culminent après six mois et disparaissent dans les deux ans. Entre les industries, nous trouvons une hétérogénéité substantielle dans les réponses de l'emploi. Cette hétérogénéité peut s'expliquer en partie par les liens entre les entrées et les sorties.

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  • Alessandro Barattieri & Patrice Borda & Alberto Brugnoli & Martino Pelli & Jeanne Tschopp, 2021. "The Short-Run, Dynamic Employment Effects of Natural Disasters: New Insights," CIRANO Working Papers 2021s-22, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirwor:2021s-22
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    1. Meier, Sarah & Elliott, Robert J.R. & Strobl, Eric, 2023. "The regional economic impact of wildfires: Evidence from Southern Europe," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 118(C).
    2. Naguib, Costanza & Pelli, Martino & Poirier, David & Tschopp, Jeanne, 2022. "The impact of cyclones on local economic growth: Evidence from local projections," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 220(C).

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    Keywords

    Natural Disasters; Employment; High-Frequency Data; Local Projections; Catastrophes naturelles; Emploi; Données haute fréquence; Projections locales;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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