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- Zuo, N., & Zhong, H. (2020). Can resource policy reverse the resource curse? Evidence from China. Resources Policy, 68, 101733. doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101733More infoAbstract This study investigates the impact of resource policies on regional resource-growth relation – the resource curse hypothesis – in the case of China. We examine three major resource policies: the energy market price reform, the fiscal reform, and the Western Development Strategy. We take advantage of timing and resource type variations in policy implementations and model a cross-province sample of China over the period from 1990 to 2015 with an instrumental strategy. Evidences show that the market price reform together with the privatization on coal mining rights drive the positive effect of resource on provincial economic growth in China. The Western Development Strategy also strengthens the positive resource–growth relation in western provinces through coal and natural gas developments. Evidences also suggest consistent negative resource effects on growth-related factors such as R&D activities and educational attainments.
- Zuo, N., Schieffer, J., & Buck, S. (2019). The effect of the oil and gas boom on schooling decisions in the U.S. Resource and Energy Economics, 55(Issue). doi:10.1016/j.reseneeco.2018.10.002More infoThe development of cost-effective technologies, along with high crude oil and natural gas prices, accelerated shale oil and gas extraction in the United States in the early 2000s. We explore the schooling response to this boom, taking advantage of timing and spatial variation in well-drilling activities. We show that intensive drilling activities decreased grade 11 and 12 enrollment over the 14-year study period—41,760 fewer students enrolled per year across the 15 states considered in this analysis (95% C.I.: 12,685–71,567). We investigate heterogeneous effects and show that the effect was larger in states with a younger compulsory schooling age (16 years of age instead of 17 or 18), in states with a lower effective tax rate on oil and gas production, and in non-metro counties with traditional mining or persistent poverty.
