the literature that explores cultural changes as a result of exogenous events. I use the oil crisis of the 1970s as a … for men. The probability to be never-married decreases in the American oil-producing areas immediately after the shock …. This effect persists after the oil boom is over but longer for men than for women …

In line with the neoclassical growth model a persistent stream of oil revenues might have a long lasting impact on GDP … per capita in oil exporting countries through higher investment activities. This relationship is explored for Iran and the … oil revenues, GDP and investment can be confirmed for all countries. While the cointegration vector is found to be unique …

Recent research conclude that the GCC economies have failed to address the oil curse. They are far behind other … countries, especially those in the G7, which possess huge reserves of oil wealth but have undertaken economic diversification to … correct the ill-effects of an oil curse. This paper takes an in-depth look into the UAE economy as a model but also as a …

the link between educational attainment and shale oil and gas extraction for the states of Montana, North Dakota, and West … Virginia. The three states examined are economically-small, relatively more rural, and have high levels of shale oil and gas … shale oil extraction. We find significant reductions in high school and college attainment among all three states' initial …

The United States experienced a considerable increase in oil and natural gas extraction in recent years due to … technological advancements including horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. Increased energy development likely creates both … conventional and horizontal oil and natural gas drilling in Texas on subjective assessments of life-satisfaction and bad mental …

This paper develops a long-run growth model for a major oil exporting economy and derives conditions under which oil … regularity conditions and assuming a Cobb-Douglas production function, it is shown that (log) oil exports enter the long … nine major oil economies, six of which are current members of OPEC (Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and …

the world. We also find that the Iranian economy adjusts quite quickly to the shocks in foreign output and oil exports …This paper develops a long run growth model for a major oil exporting economy and derives conditions under which oil … regularity conditions and assuming a Cobb Douglas production function, it is shown that (log) oil exports enter the long run …

This paper examines local labor market outcomes from an oil and gas boom in Texas. We examine two main outcomes across … gender, race, and ethnicity: the probability of employment in the oil and gas industry and the log wages of workers employed … outside the oil and gas industry. We find that men and women both gain employment in the oil and gas industry during booms …