@article{Ewing:132291,
      recid = {132291},
      author = {Ewing, Bradley T. and Kruse, Jamie Brown and Thompson,  Mark A.},
      title = {Employment Dynamics and the Nashville Tornado},
      journal = {Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy},
      address = {2004},
      number = {1100-2016-89954},
      pages = {14},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {This study examines changes in Nashville’s labor market  following
the April 16, 1998 tornado. Specifically, the  study focuses on whether or
not employment growth  experienced a change in mean around the time
of the  tornado. A time series intervention model that allows for  timevarying
variance is used to examine the labor market  dynamics associated
with the impact of the tornado and the  ensuing recovery process.
The analysis of employment growth  is conducted at the aggregate (overall)
level as well as  for seven industrial sectors. The empirical findings
may be  summarized as follows. The aggregate Nashville labor  market,
along with manufacturing, service, transportation  and public utilities,
and wholesale, retail trade sectors,  experienced a more stable employment
growth rate in the  post-tornado period. Employment in the construction
and  mining and government sectors exhibited no evidence  of
change between the pre- and post-tornado periods.  Employment growth
in the finance, insurance, and real  estate sector was lower in the posttornado
period than in  the pre-tornado period, while employment
growth in the  transportation and public utilities sector significantly  increased
in the period following the tornado.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/132291},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.132291},
}