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Title: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans: Individuals Odds of Out-Migration Following Hurricane Katrina

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2012

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Abstract: This paper uses Hurricane Katrina as a case study to assess inequalities in disaster-specific, permanent out-migration. Most research on post-disaster migration utilizes data fromdeveloping countries, lacking application to the United States, or data that are either non-representative or incapable of robustly isolating disaster-specific migration relationships. This paper uses the American Community Survey (ACS) to robustly and representatively assess demographic, economic, and asset-based inequalities in post-disaster out-migration. ACS data provide comparison years for determining hurricane-specific relationships in a logistic regression model, essentially comparing disaster-specific migration to normal migration. Difference in-differences estimation with comparison metropolitan areas detects relationships that may be causal and controls for non-disaster migration covariates specific to the disaster year. Demographic, economic, and asset-based inequalities are present, all of which have implications for disaster planning and response policy. Specifically, labor force attachment, being age 65 or older, and vehicle ownership are among the important predictors of disaster-specific migration outcomes.

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Authors: Levy, Brian L.

Conference Name: Population Association of America

Publisher Location: San Francisco, CA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Other

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