Labor Mobility in the Energy Industry: Evidence from the Shale Boom

摘要

1. Overall, earnings grew by about 18 percent and 6 percentin North Dakota and the three-state region, respectively2. These estimates suggest that that temporary migration:2.1 Increased by 64 percent in North Dakota2.2 Increased by 31 percent in the three-state region3. These are large effects4. Next, I plan to expand this study to the other regionsimpacted by the shale boom.