Forest-Based Employment in the Southern United States amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Causal Inference Analysis
Stephanie Chizmar,
Rajan Parajuli,
Sonia Bruck
et al.
Abstract:In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some governments instituted mandatory stay-at-home policies. As these policies made exceptions for essential industries such as the forest sector, it is not clear a priori whether and how these policies would affect forest-based employment. This study examined the effect of mandatory stay-at-home orders on employment in the forest sector in forest dependent counties in eleven southern states in the United States. We estimated panel event study models in addition to differe… Show more
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