AEAweb: AEA Sessions in 2008 ASSA Conference

These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Jeffrey Groen (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM

Saturday, January 5, 2:30 PM

Session: The Impact of Hurricanes on Residents and Local Labor Markets (AEA)

Presiding: James X. Sullivan (University of Notre Dame)

Returning to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
Christina Paxson (Princeton University)
Cecilia Rouse (Princeton University)
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The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Labor Market Outcomes of Evacuees
Jeffrey Groen (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Anne Polivka (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
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How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets: The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida
Ariel Belasen (State University of New York-Binghamton)
Solomon Polachek (State University of New York-Binghamton)

Measuring the Labor Market Impacts of Hurricane Katrina Migration: Evidence from Houston, Texas
Molly Fifer McIntosh (Princeton University)
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