Rice study links Houston’s slower job growth to the 2014–16 oil crash

Houston skyline seen from Interstate 45 in a March 2010 archive photograph.

Researchers compared Houston with 54 metropolitan areas less dependent on oil and gas.

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Houston has kept growing, but a Rice University analysis announced November 10 finds lasting effects from the 2014–16 oil-price collapse. Researchers compared the region with 54 metropolitan areas less dependent on oil and gas.

By 2019, Houston had about 240,000 fewer private-sector jobs than their comparison-based projection. That is an estimated growth shortfall, not a count of layoffs. Researchers said the economic effects remained detectable through 2024.

Estudio de Rice vincula menor crecimiento laboral de Houston con la caída petrolera

Houston sigue creciendo, pero un análisis de Rice anunciado el 10 de noviembre detecta efectos duraderos del desplome petrolero de 2014–16. Los investigadores compararon la región con 54 áreas metropolitanas menos dependientes del petróleo y gas.

Para 2019, Houston tenía unos 240,000 empleos privados menos que la proyección basada en esa comparación. Es una brecha estimada de crecimiento, no un conteo de despidos. Los efectos económicos seguían siendo detectables hasta 2024.

Source / Fuente: Rice University.

Archive photo: Houston skyline from Interstate 45, March 2010. Henry Han / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.