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The labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina: an overview
Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast on August 29, 2005, causing unprecedented damage and resulting in the relocation of more than a million people.
The displacement of people and destruction of property complicated the collection of labor force information from households and businesses in our employment programs. A further description of the Bureau of Labor Statistics adjustments to data collection and estimation methodologies for Katrina-affected areas is available in accompanying articles in this issue of the Monthly Labor Review or online at www.bls.gov/katrina.
This overview was prepared by staff members from several data programs in the Bureau of Labor Statistics and was assembled by Karen Kosanovich. E-mail: kosanovich.karen@bls.gov
This excerpt is from an article published in the August 2006 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. The full text of the article is available in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). See How to view a PDF file for more information.
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