Whose Skills are Demanded? An Empirical Study of the Distributional Impacts of U.S. Forest Service Policies on Local Job Markets

Estimates. are made of the impact of alternative U.S. Forest Service policies on the distribution of jobs, among skill levels 0 1f people, in local rural communities. The analysis uses primary data, and employs several refinements of interindustry analysis. Policy implications pertaining to the income (skill level) distribution problem are given.