%0 Report
        %A Strobl, Eric
%A Walsh, Frank
        %T The Re-Building Effect of Hurricanes: Evidence from Employment in the US Construction Industry
        %D 2008
        %8 2008 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 3544
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp3544
        %X We examine the impact of hurricane strikes on the construction industry in US counties. To this end we use a measure of hurricane destruction derived from a wind field model and historical hurricane track data and employ this within a dynamic labour demand framework. Our results show that destruction due to hurricanes causes on average an increase in country level employment in construction of a little over 25 per cent.
        %K hurricanes
%K labour demand
%K construction industry