Replication data for: The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short- and Long-Run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Richard Hornbeck

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Hornbeck, Richard. Replication data for: The Enduring Impact of the American Dust Bowl: Short- and Long-Run Adjustments to Environmental Catastrophe: pcms: projects: 1: 1: 2: 5:¿: AER 2009 1347_Data_Code. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2012. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112528V1-191533

To view the citation for the overall project, see http://doi.org/10.3886/E112528V1.

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The 1930s American Dust Bowl was an environmental catastrophe that greatly eroded sections of the Plains. The Dust Bowl is estimated to have immediately, substantially, and persistently reduced agricultural land values and revenues in more-eroded counties relative to less-eroded counties. During the Depression and through at least the 1950s, there was limited relative adjustment of farmland away from activities that became relatively less productive in more-eroded areas. Agricultural adjustments recovered less than 25 percent of the initial difference in agricultural costs for more-eroded counties. The economy adjusted predominantly through large relative population declines in more-eroded counties, both during the 1930s and through the 1950s. (JEL N32, N52, Q15, Q18, Q54)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms [agriculture, environment, Dust Bowl]
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      N32 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
      N52 Economic History: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries: U.S.; Canada: 1913-
      Q15 Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment
      Q18 Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
      Q54 Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) [administrative records data, census/enumeration data, geographic information system (GIS) data, aggregate data]

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