THE DAY AFTER THE DISASTER: FORCED MIGRATION AND INCOME LOSS AFTER HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA

ABSTRACT A model of post‐disaster migration responses and income consequences poses that damage severity and individual resilience affect moving decisions. Forced moves are linked to little resilience relative to damage incurred and post‐move income reductions. The empirical analysis analyzes househ...

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Published in:Journal of regional science 2016-06, Vol.56 (3), p.420-441
Main Authors: Do Yun, Seong, Waldorf, Brigitte S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Damage
Decision making models
Disaster recovery
Disaster relief
Disaster studies
Disasters
Empirical analysis
Forced migration
Households
Hurricanes
Income
Low income groups
Migration
Regression analysis
Resilience
Victimization
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Summary:ABSTRACT A model of post‐disaster migration responses and income consequences poses that damage severity and individual resilience affect moving decisions. Forced moves are linked to little resilience relative to damage incurred and post‐move income reductions. The empirical analysis analyzes households affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Using American Community Survey data, unobserved heterogeneous income damages are framed as treatment, with the moving decision being the treatment decision. An endogenous switching regression addresses self‐selection issues. The results suggest that movers encountered double victimization: (1) they were forced to move and their income declined; (2) low‐income households were more severely affected than the average.
ISSN:0022-4146
1467-9787
DOI:10.1111/jors.12250