and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as …. Although focus is on hurricanes in Florida, this GDD technique is applicable to a wider range of exogenous shocks. …

average worker in a Florida county rises over 4% within the first quarter of being hit by a major Category 4 or 5 hurricane … relative to counties not hit, and rises about 1ơ% for workers in Florida counties hit by less major Category 1-3 hurricanes …