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Title:
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The effect of the l’Aquila earthquake on labour market outcomes
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Author:
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Di Pietro, Giorgio; Mora Corral, Antoni J.
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Notes:
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Using Labour Force Survey individual-level data recently released by the Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) where information is for the first time at available at provincial level, this paper looks at the short-term effects of the L’Aquila earthquake on labour market outcomes. Our estimates are based on a difference-in-differences (DiD) strategy that compares residents of L’Aquila with residents of a control area before and after the earthquake. The empirical results suggest that while the earthquake had no significant effect on the employment-population ratio, it led to a modest, but significant, reduction in labour force participation. There is also evidence of significant heterogeneous effects by gender and level of education. |
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Subject(s):
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-Aquila (Itàlia)
-Catàstrofes naturals
-Mercat de treball
-Política d'ocupació
-Natural disasters
-Manpower policy
-Labor market |
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Rights:
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cc-by-nc-nd, (c) Di Pietro et al., 2011
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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Document type:
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Working Paper |
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Published by:
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Institut d’Economia de Barcelona
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