What's happened to the Alaska economy since oil prices dropped?
by Michelle Saport |
Alaska lost nearly 2,300 jobs — about one percent 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. Read the full report at iser.uaa.alaska.edu.