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The Social Consequences of the Fracking Boom: Family Formation, Crime, and Economic Structure in the Upper Great Plains

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Using the context of the oil and natural gas boom of North Dakota and Montana brought on by advances in hydraulic fracturing technology, this dissertation studies how changing economic conditions affect basic social well-being in a rural setting. Using methods of causal inference, specifically difference-in-differences regressions and comparative interrupted time-series...

Keyword:

Natural Resources, Causal inference, Crime, Adolescent Fertility, and Fertility

Subject:

Sociology

Creator:

Owen, Andrew Lowell

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

06/22/2022

Date Created:

2022-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_902937 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16082