Just some musings and thoughts related to oil and fertility in North Dakota.
Oil Boom but no baby boom in ND?
Births to Married and Unmarried Women in ND
So the population projection is going and as we work along with it you get to look at some data you did not look at in a while. Lots of recent discussion for us focuses on fertility and fertility modeling. Specifically we are trying to determine various determining factors related to births for North Dakota. This is important given the recent booms in certain sectors and in certain regions of the state.
Continue reading Births to Married and Unmarried Women in NDEmployment Gains in ND
So I am quoted in this story from the Grand Forks Herald about tax policy changes and employment changes in the state of North Dakota(Link). I thought I would extend my thoughts here. Of all the policies to attempt to heap credit upon for employment gains in the state the tax changes seem to me the least likely. What is more likely?
Continue reading Employment Gains in NDEmployment Comparisons for Grand Forks, ND
In this post I branch out from the recent wage discussions to broaden the discussion of Grand Forks, ND by looking at employment comparisons.
Still more wages in ND
I create a county map for North Dakota and look at the deviations of average weekly wage in those counties from the state average.