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The effect of natural resource abundance on income of local labor markets

Farsund, Tone Therese; Garmo, Trygve
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2018
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Abstract
This master thesis contributes to the literature on the effect of natural resource abundance on regional

level outcomes in Norway. We aim to analyze the causal effect of an onshore petroleum

facility (OPF) approval on average income of labor markets that were allocated an OPF, and

whether labor markets within commuting distance to the OPF experience any spillover effects

on their average income. The identification strategy is of a generalized difference-in-difference

setup, exploiting the rollout of onshore petroleum facilities between 1965 and 1992. The sample

consists of all municipalities in Norway in 2016, and the time period comprises 1957 to

2008.

The results of this thesis show no significant effect of an OPF approval on average income in

labor markets where an OPF is established, while spillover effects increase average income

of surrounding labor markets by 3.2 per cent. Extending the analysis, we find that an OPF

approval led to a rise in average income of 3.4 per cent in labor markets with an OPF during

the 2000s. Similarly, spillover effects from OPFs increased average income by 3.9 per cent in

surrounding labor markets during the 1980s. We also find that the unemployment rate increases

by 0.4 per cent following approval in labor markets where the OPF is located, and insignificant

spillover effects onto unemployment in surrounding labor markets.

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