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Fleeing Climate Hazards: Evidence From U.S. Domestic Migration 1990-2022

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College of Architecture, Art, and Planning Honors Theses
Author
Kwong, Russell
Abstract

Residential location choice is among the largest decisions in one’s lifetime, and decisions to move are complicated by a multitude of factors. Among these factors, environmental conditions are not often cited as the primary driver of location choice. This paper explores associations between the environment, especially climate hazards, and domestic migration using publicly available data from 1990-2022. This research combines data from the Internal Revenue Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, among other sources to present data-backed observations of climate-induced migration. Through a fixed effects model, households’ migration decisions are shown to be increasingly sensitive to hurricane disasters and extremely cold weather in recent years. This paper concludes with implications for urban planning and building resilience in the era of climate change.

Date Issued
2025-05-15
Keywords
demography
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hurricane
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spatial equilibrium
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IRS
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Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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dissertation or thesis
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