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Description & Citation--Study No. 1297

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:1297
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR01297
 
Title:Casino Gaming and Local Employment Trends
 
Principal Investigator(s):Thomas A. Garrett, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
 
Funding Agency:inap.
 
Grant Number:inap.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:Casino gambling has become a major industry in the United States. Economic development, especially through increases in employment, is the primary justification for casino development in a local area. This article estimates the employment effects of casino gambling for six counties in the Midwest and southern United States using ARIMA forecasting models. The results suggest that rural counties that adopt casino gambling as a major industry experience significant gains in payroll and household employment. The effects are less pronounced in urban counties, partly due to the higher volatility of their employment data relative to those rural counties.
 
Subject Term(s):casinos, gambling
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Data Collection Notes:Files submitted are the data file 0401tgd.txt and the program file 0401tgp.txt. These data are part of ICPSR's Publication-Related Archive and are distributed exactly as they arrived from the data depositor. ICPSR has not checked or processed this material. Users should consult the investigator(s) if further information is desired.
 

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2004-08-12
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Casino Gaming and Local Employment Trends