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Title: Essays in Regional and Urban Economics

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: My dissertation contains three applied essays. The first essay examines how proximity to higher-tiered centers in the urban hierarchy affects the population growth. The massive population growth in India is not driven by amenities. I find a negative and statistically significant effect of the nearest city distance variable on the growth rates of towns. In terms of distance penalty for towns, it is approximately 6.1% less population growth given the mean distance to its nearest city averaged at 53.57 km. Thus, my findings lend support to the hypothesis of urban hierarchical effects as evident in other countries like United States, Canada and China. The second essay document assimilation patterns of broad race and Asian immigrants groups on attaining a STEM major by different ages of arrival. Among the child immigrants, the early arrivals (0-5 years) are less likely to specialize in STEM major compared to the late arrivals for white and Asians. The assimilation pattern in terms of attainment of STEM majors for the immigrant groups depends on the length of stay in the . . .

Url: https://shareok.org/handle/11244/317735

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Authors: Chakrabarty, Durba

Institution: Oklahoma State University

Department: Economics

Advisor: Rickman, Dan S.

Degree: Ph.D.

Publisher Location: Oklahoma

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