This presentation will discuss migration contributes that substantially changed in the size and composition of local populations, especially in response to large-scale shocks. Fussell's study investigated migration as a driver of change in the size and composition of the New Orleans’ population from before Hurricane Katrina until twelve years later (2004-2017). They analyzed data from the American Community Survey (ACS) data that represented the New Orleans population in each year, as well as out-migrants who lived in New Orleans the previous year. They found large changes in the size and composition of those flows over time, reflecting inequalities in the recovery process. The place-based focus of their analysis allowed them to understand how migration contributes to population recovery, deepening scientific knowledge of demographic impacts of disasters and informing disaster response and recovery planning policies. Furthermore, their analysis provided a statistically innovative and feasible model for the use of the ACS for studying internal migration responses to temporally defined events.

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