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How Disasters Affect Local Labor Markets

The Effects of Hurricanes in Florida

Ariel R. Belasen and Solomon W. Polachek
Journal of Human Resources, January 2009, 44 (1) 251-276; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.44.1.251
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