The Texas Drilling Boom and Local Human Capital Investment Academic Article

abstract

• AbstractResearchers and citizens alike question the long-term impacts of the shale oil boom on local communities. Studies have considered the booms effects on employment, income, mobility, and human capital acquisition. This research specifically builds on research considering shale effects on secondary schooling. Using county-level data from Texas, we investigate two questions: (1) Has the latest oil boom led to a reduction in local high school graduation? (2) Is this effect different for immigrants, a group potentially vulnerable to local wage effects? Findings indicate insignificant overall effects; however, local oil drilling increases immigrant high school dropout rates.

authors

• Anderson, David
• Dudensing, Rebekka

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS

author list (cited authors)

• Carpenter, C. W., Anderson, D., & Dudensing, R.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Carpenter, Craig Wesley||Anderson, David||Dudensing, Rebekka

publication date

• May 2019

publisher

• Cambridge University Press (CUP)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics  Journal

keywords

• Dropout
• Education
• Fracking
• Human Capital
• Immigrant
• Oil
• Rural
• Texas

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/aae.2018.34

start page

• 199

end page

• 218

volume

• 51

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/aae.2018.34