We exploit the positive labor demand shocks driven by the fracking boom to investigate whether a long-run increase in … characteristics amenable to fracking, we demonstrate that fracking produces a sizeable increase in earnings and employment, especially … for prime-aged males, while deaths of despair decline for young men, driven by suicides. Our estimates imply that fracking …

economic policy, as they suggest that cities with a high unemployment rate will be most successful at increasing local … is therefore crucial for the development of regional policy. In short the increased employment in the tradable sector …