abstract: 'This paper uses longitudinal data from Current Population Surveys

  conducted between 2004 and 2006 to estimate the net impact of Hurricane

  Katrina-related evacuation on various indicators of well-being. While

  evacuees who have returned to the affected region show evidence of

  returning to normalcy in terms of labor supply and earnings, those who

  persisted in other locations exhibit large and persistent gaps, even

  relative to the poor outcomes of individuals destined to become evacuees

  observed prior to Katrina. Evacuee outcomes are not demonstrably better

  in destination communities with lower initial unemployment or higher

  growth rates. The impact of evacuation on total income was blunted to

  some extent by government transfer payments and by self-employment

  activities. Overall, there is little evidence to support the notion that

  poor underemployed residents of the New Orleans area were disadvantaged

  by their location in a relatively depressed region.'
affiliation: 'Vigdor, JL (Corresponding Author), Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27706 USA.

  Duke Univ, Durham, NC 27706 USA.'
article-number: '64'
author: Vigdor, Jacob L.
author-email: jacob.vigdor@duke.edu
author_list:
- family: Vigdor
  given: Jacob L.
da: '2023-09-28'
files: []
issn: 1935-1682
journal: B E JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS \& POLICY
keywords: disaster; labor force participation; income; displacement
keywords-plus: JOB DISPLACEMENT; NEIGHBORHOOD
language: English
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '18'
papis_id: ca24843f433243c4554121fa2aa2e023
ref: Vigdor2007katrinaeffect
times-cited: '21'
title: 'The Katrina effect: Was there a bright side to the evacuation of greater New
  Orleans?'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000256302600058
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '8'
volume: '7'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2007'