Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and U.S. Immigration / Parag Mahajan, Dean Yang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mahajan, Parag.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Yang, Dean.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w23756.

NBER working paper series no. w23756

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Taken by Storm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2017.

Summary:

How readily do potential migrants respond to increased returns to migration? Even if origin areas become less attractive vis-à-vis migration destinations, fixed costs can prevent increased migration. We examine migration responses to hurricanes, which reduce the attractiveness of origin locations. Restricted-access U.S. Census data allows precise migration measures and analysis of more migrant-origin countries. Hurricanes increase U.S. immigration, with the effect increasing in the size of prior migrant stocks. Large migrant networks reduce fixed costs by facilitating legal immigration from hurricane-affected source countries. Hurricane-induced immigration can be fully accounted for by new legal permanent residents ("green card" holders).

Notes:

Print version record

August 2017.