The Effect of Disaster-induced Displacement on Social and Political Behavior: The Case of Hurricane Harvey

• In Event: Weather and Voting Behavior

Brief Overview

With data from social media, government documents, and meteorological records, we use a difference in difference framework to examine the relationship between disaster-induced displacement, social network disruption, and political participation.

Authors

• Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, Pennsylvania State University

• Christopher J. Fariss, University of Michigan

• Xu Xu, Stanford University