Regional Employment Implications for Geothermal Energy Development, Imperial County, California
James B. Pick
Tae Hwan Jung
Edgar W. Butler
DOI: 10.2190/Y7H9-TBGQ-1WQD-0MYD
Abstract
A study of employment effects from prospective geothermal development in Imperial County is based on regression analysis of Census enumeration district data. The study reveals potential for reduction of broad age-structural unemployment through a more favorable age structure accompanying reduced fertility, increased labor force participation through greater income, and reduced unemployment through greater income and less poverty. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.