The impact of flood hazards on local employment

Camilo Sarmiento

Applied Economics Letters, 2007, vol. 14, issue 15, 1123-1126

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850600606026

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