TheeffectofHurricaneKatrina：卡特丽娜飓风的影响.pdfVIP

Effect on Employment and Unemployment Effect on Employment and Unemployment The effect of Hurricane Katrina on employment and unemployment After BLS and its State partners made critical modifications to estimation procedures, local area data show that Hurricane Katrina depressed employment levels sharply in Louisiana and Mississippi; the initial effect on unemployment, though also strong, was temporary Sharon P. Brown, he Local Area Unemployment Statistics the areas affected by the hurricane, the im- Sandra L. Mason, (LAUS) estimates for the month of Sep- plementation of those actions to date, and the and tember 2005 were among the first sub- Richard B. Tiller T key labor market trends as measured by the LAUS national data to reflect the impact of Hurricane program. Katrina, which struck the gulf coast on August 29 with catastrophic effects in parts of Louisiana, Overview of the LAUS program Mississippi, and Alabama. Beginning in September and continuing to the present, the Bureau of Labor The LAUS program produces monthly estimates Statistics (BLS, the Bureau) and its State partners of the labor force, employment, unemployment, made a n