Resource booms, state economic conditions, and child food security

Child food security is a longstanding concern to policymakers, exacerbated by economic slack and instability. We use the fracking era oil gas boom of early 2000s as natural experiment examine importance state conditions for child security. The was large unexpected shock that substantially improved labor market in states with resources but not elsewhere. find increases income improve security, especially children less educated parents those residing single-mother households.