Data and Code for: "Natural Resource Booms, Human Capital, and Earnings: Evidence from Linked Education and Employment Records"

Using administrative panel data on the universe of Texas public school students, I analyze how shocks to local economic conditions aect education and employment decisions. I nd that high school students at the bottom of the academic ability distribution worked and earned more in response to the fracking boom, and that these earnings gains persisted through age 24-25 despite the fact that these same students also became less likely to attend classes and graduate high school. My results suggest that the opportunity cost of education is large for these students.