Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130329 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9647
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using the Synthetic Control Method (SCM) and a novel method for measuring changes in educational attainment we examine the link between educational attainment and shale oil and gas extraction for the states of Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia. The three states examined are economically-small, relatively more rural, and have high levels of shale oil and gas reserves. They also are varied in that West Virginia is intensive in shale gas extraction, while the other two are intensive in shale oil extraction. We find significant reductions in high school and college attainment among all three states' initial residents because of the shale booms.
Subjects: 
shale development
synthetic control method
educational attainment
JEL: 
Q4
R1
R2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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