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Transmission of employment shocks before and after the Oklahoma City tornado

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  • Texas Tech University
    ,
  • East Carolina University
    ,
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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Abstract

This study examined the economic impact of the May 3, 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on the labor markets of Oklahoma City (OK), Wichita (KS), and Kansas City (MO). In particular, this article examines the transmission of shocks to employment growth across these different labor markets. Using monthly employment data from January 1990 to December 2004, we provide empirical evidence on the cross-market relationships that existed before and after the Oklahoma City tornado. The results suggest that the impact of the wind event may have altered labor market dynamics in Oklahoma City, as well as Wichita and Kansas City.

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Article
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Original language

English (US)

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 181-188 (8 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Environmental Hazards (Volume 6, Issue 4)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 2005

Publication status

Published - 2005

ISSN

1747-7891

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 33750969718

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Author count
3
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citations
7
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Paper percentile
55
Fractional count
1
Fractional count
0.33
Fractional count
2
Fractional count
0.67
Fractional count
1
Fractional count
1
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12
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8

Funding Details

This work was performed under the US Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology/Texas Tech University Cooperative Agreement Award 70NANB8H0059. The authors thank session participants at the 2005 Southern Regional Science Association Meetings and the 10th Americas Conference on Wind Engineering for helpful comments. The authors thank two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper.
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70NANB8H0059