What's Happened to the Alaska Economy Since Oil Prices Dropped?

Alaska lost nearly 2,300 jobs—about 1% of all wages and salary jobs— from March 2014 through March 2016. But not all areas of the state and sectors of the economy lost jobs. In a new paper, Mouhcine Guettabi, assistant professor of economics at ISER, examines jobs losses statewide and by area and economic sector. This is the first in a series of short papers that will examine various economic and fiscal issues important to Alaska. 

Download the paper (PDF, 752KB).

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Mouhcine Guettabi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics & Finance, University of North Carolina Wilmington