TY  - EJOUR
AB  - There is much debate about the employment effect of shale gas development, especially as it relates to extraction counties. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many of the jobs created are filled by nonresidents. We examine the impact shale gas development has on local employment in Pennsylvania using a data set that links workers to their personal residences. We find that activity in the Marcellus shale has had a modest positive impact on job growth. The impact is cut in half, however, when we use data for county residents only. Thus, traditional employment data may overestimate employment impacts from shale development.
AU  - Wrenn, Douglas H.
AU  - Kelsey, Timothy W.
AU  - Jaenicke, Edward C.
DA  - 2015-08
DA  - 2015-08
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.207743
DO  - doi
EP  - 19
EP  - 1
ID  - 207743
IS  - 2
JF  - Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
KW  - Community/Rural/Urban Development
KW  - Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
KW  - Resource/Energy Economics and Policy
KW  - employment
KW  - Marcellus shale
KW  - natural gas
KW  - natural resources
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207743/files/ARER2015%2044x2%2001Kelsey.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207743/files/ARER2015%2044x2%2001Kelsey.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207743/files/ARER2015%2044x2%2001Kelsey.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207743/files/ARER2015%2044x2%2001Kelsey.pdf
N2  - There is much debate about the employment effect of shale gas development, especially as it relates to extraction counties. Anecdotal evidence suggests that many of the jobs created are filled by nonresidents. We examine the impact shale gas development has on local employment in Pennsylvania using a data set that links workers to their personal residences. We find that activity in the Marcellus shale has had a modest positive impact on job growth. The impact is cut in half, however, when we use data for county residents only. Thus, traditional employment data may overestimate employment impacts from shale development.
PY  - 2015-08
PY  - 2015-08
SP  - 1
T1  - Resident vs. Nonresident Employment Associated with Marcellus Shale Development
TI  - Resident vs. Nonresident Employment Associated with Marcellus Shale Development
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/207743/files/ARER2015%2044x2%2001Kelsey.pdf
VL  - 44
Y1  - 2015-08
T2  - Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
ER  -