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Title: Household Sorting as Adaptation to Hurricane Risk in the United States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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ISSN: 0023-7639

DOI: 10.3368/LE.98.2.111319-0162R1

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Abstract: We employ a structural model of location choice to estimate household sorting across the U.S. in response to hurricane risk. Using spatially detailed projections of future hurricane energy, we simulate regional population shifts and welfare impacts of hurricane risk-induced migration in 2100. We find heterogeneous responses to hurricane risk for households that vary by number of children, age, educational attainment, and prior exposure to hurricane risk. Under future hurricane risk, although changes are small, we find declines in regional population shares along the hurricane-prone coasts and negative overall welfare impact. However, ignoring the spatial heterogeneity of hurricanes underestimates these impacts.

Url: http://le.uwpress.org/content/early/2021/11/04/le.98.2.111319-0162R1.abstract

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Authors: Fan, Qin; Bakkensen, Laura A.

Periodical (Full): Land Economics

Issue: 2

Volume: 98

Pages: 219-238

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Natural Resource Management, Poverty and Welfare

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