title: Effects of the Bam earthquake on employment: a shift-share analysis.
abstract: Disasters have potential short-term and long-term impacts on employment and employment structures in affected regions. While measuring the full economic impact of a disaster requires sophisticated econometrics and mathematical simulations, conventional regional economic models such as shift-share analysis can be used to assess some of these effects. This paper applies shift-share analysis to understand potential long-term impacts of disasters on employment using the December 2003 Bam earthquake as a case study. The results provide further evidence that disasters could have significant long-term effects on the employment structure of affected regions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Bu-Ali Sina University, Iran.
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mehregan
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asgary
authors.forename: Rouhollah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rezaei
mesh_terms: D004190:Disasters / Q000191:economics*; D055866:Earthquakes / Q000191:economics*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D018803:Models, Economic; D013995:Time