standard set of labour-market related variables (employment,real compensation, productivity and capital stock) and exogenous … negatively affects real compensation, has negligible employment effects and leads to higher labour productivity. These impacts … real compensation and employment. There is also evidence of positive spill-overs across industries from sector …

) econometric approach that identifies the effects of shocks resulting from hurricanes. Based on the Quarterly Census of Employment … and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as … counties; however, this is coupled with a slower growth rate in employment. Powerful hurricanes have greater effects than their …