Since 2014, Alberta Unemployment Rate Increases While Texas Rate Drops – Lessons from the Lonestar State – Fraser Institute

[ad_1]

August 13, 2019

For Immediate Release

CALGARY—While both Alberta and Texas were hit hard by the oil-price drop in 2014, the Texas unemployment rate has dropped while the Alberta rate has risen, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank.

“Some people in Alberta continue to blame the province’s comparatively high unemployment rate on the 2014 oil downturn, but Texas dealt with similar price drops and has done a much better job creating an environment where workers can prosper,” said Steve Lafleur, senior policy analyst at the Fraser Institute and co-author of 


[ad_2]

You can read more of the news on source

Related posts