TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Han, Luyi
AU  - Winters, John V.
AU  - Betz, Michael R
        TI  - Do Prior Residents Benefit from Energy Booms?
        PY  - 2026/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 18466
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18466
        AB  - The 21st century fracking boom transformed American energy production, but new jobs were often filled by temporary in-migrants and long-distance commuters, possibly reducing economic benefits for prior residents.  We use novel restricted-access data from the U.S. Census Bureau to assess fracking impacts on prior residents.  We examine impacts on earnings and employment for persons born in non-metropolitan fracking counties.  We utilize an event study design to estimate annual impacts during the fracking boom, drilling downturn, and subsequent periods.  We find sizable impacts on average log earnings that peaked during the boom and partially persisted during and after the downturn.  The fracking boom also increased the probability of being employed but the effect largely disappeared after fracking activity peaked.  We also compare our main result for non-metropolitan natives to persons born in metropolitan counties and conduct several other extensions.
        KW  - fracking
KW  - local labor markets
KW  - resource boom
KW  - rural development
        ER  -