Public Conservation Land and Employment Growth in the Northern Forest Region

We quantify the effect that public conservation lands have on employment growth in the Northern Forest region of the United States. A model of simultaneous employment and net migration growth is estimated with data on non-metropolitan counties from 1990 to 1997. Exogenous variables include the 1990...

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Published in:Land economics 2002-05, Vol.78 (2), p.245-259
Main Authors: Lewis, David J., Hunt, Gary L., Plantinga, Andrew J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conservation
Economic models
Economics
Effects
Employment
Environment
Environmental aspects
Environmental policy
Forest conservation
Forest growth
Forests
Land
Land conservation
Land economics
Land utilization
Migration
National forests
Protected areas
Public land
Public lands
Public property
State forests
Studies
Timber
U.S.A
United States
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Summary:We quantify the effect that public conservation lands have on employment growth in the Northern Forest region of the United States. A model of simultaneous employment and net migration growth is estimated with data on non-metropolitan counties from 1990 to 1997. Exogenous variables include the 1990 share of the land base in public conservation uses. We find that net migration rates were higher in counties with more conservation lands, but the effects are relatively small. No significant effect on employment growth is detected. As well, variables measuring changes in public timber harvests have no effect on employment growth.
ISSN:0023-7639
1543-8325
DOI:10.2307/3147271