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Title: Essays in Displacement, Infrastructure, and Spatial Inequality

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2025

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Abstract: The first chapter studies the long-run effects of displacement and neighborhood division by looking at individuals affected by the construction of the Interstate Highway System. I develop a novel method to identify affected individuals in the 1940 Census and link them to mortality records from 1995 to 2005. Using three complementary identification strategies, I find that displaced individuals die three months younger, are more likely to leave their neighborhoods, and reside in lower-socioeconomic areas at death. Highly localized spillovers show that individuals living within 100 meters of a highway are also more likely to relocate to lower-socioeconomic areas, yet they do not experience increased mortality. The neighborhoods where displaced individuals relocate explain 30% of the displacementmortality effect.

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Authors: Andres Valenzuela Casasempere, Pablo

Institution: The University of British Columbia

Department: Economics

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Pages: 1-261

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS USA - Ancestry Full Count Data, IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Land Use/Urban Organization, Poverty and Welfare

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