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Katrina’s Children : A Natural Experiment in Peer Effects from Hurricane Evacuees

Kugler, Adriana D. - 2019

In 2005, hurricanes Katrina and Rita induced the largest internal migration ever in the U.S. As a byproduct, a large number of children had to evacuate the Gulf coast areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and relocate to schools across the southeast US. Many school districts strived to...

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Gender differences in altruism : responses to a natural disaster

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