Understanding Government Employment Data After a Natural or Other Disaster, With Special Emphasis on Hurricane Katrina.

Describes how the Government estimates monthly employment and unemployment data, examines the potential effect of a natural or other disaster on the collection of labor force data, focusing on Hurricane Katrina, and considers why these estimates may not fully reflect the job loss caused by a disaste...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Disasters. Government information. Hurricanes. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes how the Government estimates monthly employment and unemployment data, examines the potential effect of a natural or other disaster on the collection of labor force data, focusing on Hurricane Katrina, and considers why these estimates may not fully reflect the job loss caused by a disaster.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.