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Hurricane Katrina’s effects on industry employment and wages
Molly Garber
Economist, Division of Current Employment Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Linda Unger
Statistician, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program, Division of Administrative Statistics and Labor
Turnover,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
James White
Economist, Division of Current Employment Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Linda Wohlford
Economist, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program, Division of Administrative Statistics and Labor
Turnover,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Katrina posed an unprecedented challenge to accurately measuring employment and wages at a local level. Rapid development of alternative methods in two Bureau of Labor Statistics’ programs resulted in a clearer view of the economic impact of this storm than would have been possible otherwise. This article describes the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) responses to the difficulties posed by the hurricane and its aftermath. It also presents some of the employment and wage trends measured by the programs both before and after the storm.
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