Labor demand shocks and earnings and employment differentials: Evidence from the U.S. shale oil & gas boom

Gregory Upton and Han Yu

Energy Economics, 2021, vol. 102, issue C

Abstract: In this paper, we show that labor market shocks that overwhelmingly directly impacted specific workers (male workers and workers with a high school education) in a specific industry (oil and gas sector) can have meaningful effects on employment and earnings differentials within sectors not directly impacted by the productivity shock. Empirical estimates suggest that college/high school earnings differentials decreased by 3.0% in the non-mining sectors, while male/female earnings differentials increased by 2.6% in the non-mining sectors. Results highlight the importance of considering differential effects of technology shocks by education and gender in studying earnings inequality.

Keywords: Labor demand shock; Earnings differentials; Earnings inequality; Oil and natural gas; Shale boom (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J23 J24 J31 Q33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105462

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