Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the US Gulf Coast in 2005. We use job-level data to compare the evolution of earnings for affected workers in four states with workers from matched control counties. We attribute short-term earnings losses to job separations and long-term gains to wage growth in the affected areas. Wages rose due to reduced labor supply and increased labor demand in the affected labor markets. Damage to a worker’s residence or workplace accentuated short-term earnings losses. Effects varied by prestorm industry, with larger gains for workers in sectors related to rebuilding.

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风暴和工作：飓风对长期个人就业和收入的影响

卡特里娜飓风和丽塔飓风在2005年摧毁了美国墨西哥湾沿岸地区。我们使用工作水平的数据来比较四个州的受影响工人与匹配控制县的工人的收入演变。我们将短期收入损失归因于工作分离，长期收益归因于受影响地区的工资增长。由于受影响的劳动力市场上的劳动力供应减少和劳动力需求增加，工资上涨。对工人住所或工作场所的损害加剧了短期收入损失。风暴前行业的影响各不相同，与重建相关的行业的工人收获更大。