. Concomitantly, employment falls between 1½ and 5% depending on hurricane strength. On the other hand, the effects of hurricanes on … better examine the specific shocks, we also observe sectoral employment shifts. Finally, we conduct a time-series analysis … and find that over time, there is somewhat of a cobweb with earnings and employment rising and falling each quarter over a …

. Concomitantly, employment falls between 1ư and 5% depending on hurricane strength. On the other hand, the effects of hurricanes on … better examine the specific shocks, we also observe sectoral employment shifts. Finally, we conduct a time-series analysis … and find that over time, there is somewhat of a cobweb with earnings and employment rising and falling each quarter over a …

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

the differential effects across impacted areas. We employ the synthetic control method at the county level on a storm-by-storm … basis to analyze both the across- and within-storm dispersion of the labor market effects of hurricanes. We use storm data … from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Events database, which covers Atlantic Basin storms from …

shocks to determine their impact on wages and employment in three different industries (construction, manufacturing, and … effect on wages in construction and leisure & hospitality sectors. During the time period studied, the parishes that are … directly hit by a hurricane suffer a 6 percent drop in wages in leisure and hospitality sector while the neighboring parishes …

We study the responsiveness of individuals' employment and earnings to the damages and disruption caused by Hurricanes … administrative data that tracks workers over time, both in the immediate aftermath of the storm and over a seven-year period. For … individuals who were employed at the time of the storm, we estimate models that compare the evolution of earnings for individuals …

of individuals’ employment and earnings to the damages, disruption, and rebuilding — particularly in the longer run. Our … compare the evolution of earnings for workers who resided in a storm-affected area with those who resided in a suitable … after the storm. These losses reflect various aspects of the short-run disruption caused by the hurricanes, including job …

and prime-aged women in employment and the wage bills of particular sectors, but reduced the shares of older women and …