The Re-Building Effect of Hurricanes: Evidence from Employment in the US Construction Industry

We examine the impact of hurricane strikes on the construction industry in US counties. To this end we use a measure of hurricane destruction derived from a wind field model and historical hurricane track data and employ this within a dynamic labour demand framework. Our results show that destruction due to hurricanes causes on average an increase in county level employment in construction of a little over 25 per cent.

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Year of publication:	2009-06-10
Authors:	Strobl, Eric ; Walsh, Frank
Institutions:	HAL
Subject:	hurricanes \| labour demand \| construction industry

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	View the original document on HAL open archive server: http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00393886/en/
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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