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Title: ESSAYS IN APPLIED MICROECONOMICS: TOPICS IN URBAN AND EDUCATION ECONOMICS

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: This dissertation is a collection of three independent chapters on topics in applied microeconomic analysis, focusing on issues in urban and education economics. The first chapter examines local housing values in Dallas after the repeal of the Wright Amendment, legislation that limited activity at the neighborhood airport Love Field. I find that, on average, the repeal of the Wright Amendment led to a 11% increase in rents and a 10% increase in housing values for units less than 6 miles of the Love Field Airport. The second chapter examines interest in the education industry following Act 10, a Wisconsin legislative act that limited the collective bargaining power of teachers’ unions in the state. Comparing the share of postsecondary students enrolled in a teacher preparation program in Wisconsin before and after Act 10 and relative to similar states, we find that on average Act 10 lead to a 12% increase in teacher preparation enrollment. Finally, the third chapter examines spatial crime activity in cities when hosting large events, such as college football games. Using geo-located daily level crime data from college towns, I estimate that crime increases in census tracts closer to the event by approximately 44% relative to tracts farther away on days with a football game, and is spatially concentrated in areas near the stadium.

Url: https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu%3A709841

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Authors: TROST, BRIAN

Institution: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

Department: Department of Economics

Advisor: <u>Kantor, Shawn Everett</u>

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

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Topics: Education

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