Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202695 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12349
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines local labor market outcomes from an oil and gas boom in Texas. We examine two main outcomes across gender, race, and ethnicity: the probability of employment in the oil and gas industry and the log wages of workers employed outside the oil and gas industry. We find that men and women both gain employment in the oil and gas industry during booms, but such gains are much larger for men and are largest for black and Hispanic men. We also find positive income spillovers for workers in other industries that are similar in magnitude across demographic groups.
Subjects: 
oil
natural gas
employment
gender
race
energy
JEL: 
J20
Q33
Q40
R10
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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