A comparison of employment growth and stability before and after the fort worth tornado

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-91

  Ewing, Bradley T ^a,b   Kruse, Jamie B ^b,c   Thompson, Mark A ^b,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment growth; Fort Worth; Intervention analysis; Labor market risk; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; TORNADO;

FORT WORTH; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4344598336     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hazards.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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