A new study by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute concluded that, between 2003 and 2013, on average fracking operations had a positive effect on communities, with the benefits of things like increased employment outweighing costs such as crime.
On average wages and house prices each increased 6%, while employment was up 10%. Author Michael Greenstone and his co-authors estimated that the benefits of fracking were between $1200 and $1900 per annum per average household.
However,
