Duprey, Thibaut; Jo, Soojin; Vallée, Geneviève - 2024 - Last updated: September 5, 2024
We analyze 40 years' worth of natural disaster shocks in Canada, using a local projection framework to assess their impact on provincial labour markets. We find that disasters decrease hours worked within a week and lower wage growth in the medium run. The impact is driven by periods of...