The impact of flood hazards on local employment
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.
- Autores:
-
Sarmiento, Camilo
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2007
- Institución:
- Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Institucional ECI
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co:001/2788
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co/handle/001/2788
https://repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co/
- Palabra clave:
- Desastres naturales - Aspectos económicos - Estados Unidos
Inundaciones - Aspectos económicos - Estados unidos
Desempleo - Estados Unidos
Natural Disasters - Economic Aspects - United States
Flooding - Economic Aspects - United States
Unemployment - United States
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
| Summary: | 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. |
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