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1. Huang, Xi. Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy.

Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2017, Georgia Tech

► The rapid growth of immigrants across a wide range of U.S. metropolitan areas has brought increasing attention to immigration and its impacts on regional development.… (more)

▼ The rapid growth of immigrants across a wide range of U.S. metropolitan areas has brought increasing attention to immigration and its impacts on regional development. Recent economic recessions have also stimulated a renewed interest in sustainable development among urban planners and scholars. This dissertation examines the role of immigrants in regional economic resilience and the effects of the rising wave of local immigrant integration policies. Drawing on data from various sources, including the U.S. Decennial Census, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Building Resilient Regions (BRR) database, this dissertation explores three independent but interconnected themes. The first theme focuses on resilience capacity and examines how immigrants have helped U.S. regions build resilience capacity over the period 1980-2010. With a fixed effects approach, this investigation finds that immigrants contribute to the development of the economic capacity, socio-demographic capacity, and community connectivity capacity of regional systems, though some of the effects are small. The second theme considers regional economic resilience in the face of the recent Great Recession. Its focus is on how regions respond to and recover from the recession, different from the resilience capacity perspective that emphasizes preparedness for disturbances. To address the potential endogeneity of immigrants’ residential choice, this analysis employs an instrumental variable approach to isolate the portion of immigration exogenous to the local economic conditions. It finds that high levels of immigration lead to regional resilience during and after the recession in both employment and per capita income growth. This positive relationship is independent of other regional capacities identified in previous studies, suggesting that the resilience literature should broaden its scope and consider local immigration as a critical contributor to resilience building. Focusing on the Global Detroit initiative as a case study, the third theme investigates whether the latest local immigrant policies have achieved their intended goals. Global Detroit is one of the earliest regional immigrant integration efforts in the country, therefore providing a long enough post-treatment period for evaluation. This analysis constructs a synthetic control group almost identical to Detroit and finds mixed evidence of the program effects on local immigration level, immigrant employment, and immigrant entrepreneurship. While the Global Detroit initiative has increased immigrants’ shares in the local population and workforce, it has not increased their upward mobility as indicated by the average wage earning and self-employment rate. These findings underscore the potential of immigrant integration programs in attracting and retaining immigrants as well as the need for program improvement to address broader labor market dynamics and developmental issues. Advisors/Committee Members: Liu, Cathy Y. (advisor), Esnard, Ann-Margaret (committee member), Patrick, Carlianne E. (committee member), Rogers, Juan (committee member), Rubenstein, Ross (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Immigration, Regional Development; Regional development

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Huang, X. (2017). Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Huang, Xi. “Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Huang, Xi. “Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy.” 2017. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Huang X. Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231.

Council of Science Editors:

Huang X. Immigration, regional resilience, and local economic development policy. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59231

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2. Van Holm, Eric Joseph. Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums.

Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2017, Georgia Tech

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805

► Special Activity Generators have been a redevelopment tool utilized by governments in order to revitalize lethargic downtowns. For small and mid-sized cities, minor league baseball… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Sports stadiums; Urban redevelopment; Special activity generator

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Van Holm, E. J. (2017). Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Van Holm, Eric Joseph. “Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Van Holm, Eric Joseph. “Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums.” 2017. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Van Holm EJ. Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805.

Council of Science Editors:

Van Holm EJ. Minor league metropolis: Urban redevelopment surrounding minor league baseball stadiums. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59805

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3. Uzochukwu, Kelechi Nmaobi. Assessing the prevalence, participants, and predictors of coproduction: The case of Atlanta, Georgia.

Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2014, Georgia Tech

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53482

► In municipalities across the globe, traditional forms of governance are being supplemented by collaborative arrangements between governments and their constituencies toward jointly produced public services.… (more)

▼ In municipalities across the globe, traditional forms of governance are being supplemented by collaborative arrangements between governments and their constituencies toward jointly produced public services. Since the late 1970s, this phenomenon known as coproduction has been utilized in efforts to survive severe budget cuts, improve performance, increase accountability, and welcome traditionally silenced voices. However, no study to date has undergone a citywide assessment of coproduction to determine its breadth and depth in a city. Additionally, there is practically no empirical study that examines what citizen characteristics and perceptions are associated with participation in coproduction. The present study represents a first attempt to begin to fill these gaps in the literature. Specifically, this dissertation analyses: (1) How prevalent is coproduction? (2) Who engages in coproduction? and (3)What motivates coproducers? I employ a mixed-method case study of Atlanta, Georgia via its Neighborhood Planning Unit system, using focus groups, citizen questionnaires, census and GIS data, and direct observations. Overall, the coproduction classifications developed in this dissertation enable more systematic research on coproduction. The dissertation findings also contribute to our understanding of (1) how much this service delivery strategy is being utilized in an urban municipality, (2) which forms are most utilized, (3) what triggers participation in each form, and (4) who utilizes coproduction the most – even challenging the longstanding perception that African Americans and low-income groups do not participate in such activities. Lastly, study findings suggest a need to reconceptualize the current theory of coproduction as a public service delivery strategy. Advisors/Committee Members: Thomas, John C. (advisor), Liu, Cathy Y. (committee member), Oakley, Deirdre A. (committee member), Young, Dennis R. (committee member), Isett, Kimberley R. (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Coproduction; Public services; Community development; Urban planning

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Uzochukwu, K. N. (2014). Assessing the prevalence, participants, and predictors of coproduction: The case of Atlanta, Georgia. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53482

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Uzochukwu, Kelechi Nmaobi. “Assessing the prevalence, participants, and predictors of coproduction: The case of Atlanta, Georgia.” 2014. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53482.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Uzochukwu, Kelechi Nmaobi. “Assessing the prevalence, participants, and predictors of coproduction: The case of Atlanta, Georgia.” 2014. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Uzochukwu KN. Assessing the prevalence, participants, and predictors of coproduction: The case of Atlanta, Georgia. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2014. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53482.

Council of Science Editors:

Uzochukwu KN. Assessing the prevalence, participants, and predictors of coproduction: The case of Atlanta, Georgia. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53482

4. Edwards, Jason Thomas. The role of racial climate in the effects of Latino immigration on the representation of Latinos and African-Americans on local school boards.

Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2015, Georgia Tech

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53553

► This dissertation analyzes the effects of Latino immigration on the representation of Latinos and African-Americans on local school boards and attempts to explain under what… (more)

▼ This dissertation analyzes the effects of Latino immigration on the representation of Latinos and African-Americans on local school boards and attempts to explain under what conditions Latino immigrants provoke opposition among whites. I consider two measures of representation based on representative bureaucracy—the membership of Latinos and African-Americans on school boards and bias in the responsiveness of white school board members toward these two groups. Whites as the major racial group in the U.S. have been the subject of much intergroup relations research focusing on competition for scarce resources, perceived threat and group biases (e.g., Evans and Giles, 1986; Giles and Evans, 1985, 1986; Esses, Jackson and Armstrong, 1998), and I also focus on their racial behaviors as voters in school board elections and as school board members. I consider Latino immigration in this research because emerging evidence suggests that Latino immigration poses a growing threat to whites, leading them to shift their support from Latinos to a countervailing group, such as African-Americans (e.g., Meier and Stewart, 1991; Rocha, 2007). First, I examine whether Latino immigration into a community affects the support of white citizens for Latino or African-American membership on school boards. Second, I examine whether white school board members also are influenced by Latino immigration in their responsiveness to Latino and African-American parents. It is likely that the reactions of whites to Latino immigration are conditioned by their preexisting racial attitudes, so this dissertation also tests competing theories of community racial climate—group threat and group contact. I expect that racial tensions within a community should moderate the influence of Latino immigration on these two forms of Latino and African-American representation. Overall, this dissertation expands the study of representative bureaucracy by combining past research on community racial climates with conditions influencing minority representation. In addition to examining the determinants of passive representation, this dissertation links expectations of the racial behavior of white citizens with the behavior of white school board members by considering the possibility that school board members express “discriminatory intent” (Mendez and Grose, 2014) on non-policy related matters. A better understanding of the determinants of public officials’ personal biases should help to explain the targeting of substantive policy benefits to minorities, which is the focus of much other representative bureaucracy research. While I base my analysis of school board membership on inferences of white voter behavior from aggregate election results, I directly measure white school board member responsiveness using data gathered from a novel randomized field experiment and e-mail audit design. Representative bureaucracy researchers have called for more of this type of individual-level data to help explain minority advocacy (Bradbury and Kellough, 2011). Advisors/Committee Members: Roch, Christine H. (advisor), Lewis, Gregory B. (committee member), Liu, Cathy Y. (committee member), Kingsley, Gordon A. (committee member), Schnier, Kurt E. (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Representative bureaucracy; Racial climate; Latino immigration; School board representation; Discriminatory intent

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Edwards, J. T. (2015). The role of racial climate in the effects of Latino immigration on the representation of Latinos and African-Americans on local school boards. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53553

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Edwards, Jason Thomas. “The role of racial climate in the effects of Latino immigration on the representation of Latinos and African-Americans on local school boards.” 2015. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53553.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Edwards, Jason Thomas. “The role of racial climate in the effects of Latino immigration on the representation of Latinos and African-Americans on local school boards.” 2015. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Edwards JT. The role of racial climate in the effects of Latino immigration on the representation of Latinos and African-Americans on local school boards. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2015. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53553.

Council of Science Editors:

Edwards JT. The role of racial climate in the effects of Latino immigration on the representation of Latinos and African-Americans on local school boards. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2015. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53553

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5. Henderson, Michael Joseph. The locational patterns and socioeconomic effects of the new markets tax credit and low income housing tax credit in distressed metropolitan census tracts.

Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2018, Georgia Tech

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59851

► This dissertation investigates the role of two federal place-based programs, the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), as tools… (more)

▼ This dissertation investigates the role of two federal place-based programs, the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), as tools for revitalizing distressed communities. The first empirical chapter organizes low-income, high-poverty metropolitan census tracts into a typology based on their demographic, class status, built environment, and location characteristics in 2000. Principal components analysis uncovered three prominent neighborhood dimensions: class status, urbanization, and black socioeconomic isolation. These dimensions were entered into a cluster analysis, which identified ten distinct types of poor metropolitan neighborhoods. NMTC investment, LIHTC investment, and socioeconomic ascent were highly correlated across neighborhood types. This finding supports an assumption made in previous studies that developers, who play an important role in determining where subsidized projects are located, are motivated to seek out areas primed to undergo socioeconomic ascent. The neighborhood dimension describing the degree of urbanization was only baseline variable consistently related to both sources of place-based investment and future socioeconomic ascent, suggesting that developer preferences are informed by observable urbanization-related factors. These findings were then applied to the development of a model for estimating the effects of place-based investment on a neighborhood’s socioeconomic trajectory. I use a variation of propensity score matching allowing for multiple treatment conditions to compare 2000 to 2010 changes in income, poverty, unemployment, and home values between census tracts that received different combinations of investment through (a) both NMTC and LIHTC, (b) NMTC alone, (c) LIHTC alone, and (d) neither program. Findings revealed that the addition of NMTC had a positive impact on socioeconomic trajectories, while adding LIHTC-subsidized housing into a census tract could have a positive, negligible, or negative impact, depending on the comparison condition. Overall, this dissertation contributes to a better understanding of why certain types of poor places may be more likely to benefit from these types of market-driven place-based initiatives than others, and introduces a more integrated and nuanced approach for evaluating programs that operate within shared geographic space to address different facets of neighborhood poverty. Advisors/Committee Members: Liu, Cathy Y. (advisor), Lecy, Jesse D. (committee member), Oakley, Deirdre A. (committee member), Esnard, Ann-Margaret (committee member), Isett, Kimberley R. (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: Place-based policy; Economic development; Concentrated poverty; Affordable housing; Neighborhood change; Neighborhood typology; Neighborhood revitalization

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Henderson, M. J. (2018). The locational patterns and socioeconomic effects of the new markets tax credit and low income housing tax credit in distressed metropolitan census tracts. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59851

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Henderson, Michael Joseph. “The locational patterns and socioeconomic effects of the new markets tax credit and low income housing tax credit in distressed metropolitan census tracts.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59851.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Henderson, Michael Joseph. “The locational patterns and socioeconomic effects of the new markets tax credit and low income housing tax credit in distressed metropolitan census tracts.” 2018. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Henderson MJ. The locational patterns and socioeconomic effects of the new markets tax credit and low income housing tax credit in distressed metropolitan census tracts. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59851.

Council of Science Editors:

Henderson MJ. The locational patterns and socioeconomic effects of the new markets tax credit and low income housing tax credit in distressed metropolitan census tracts. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/59851

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6. Kolenda, Richard Salvatore. Growing an industrial cluster?: Movie production incentives and state film industries.

Degree: PhD, Public Policy, 2017, Georgia Tech

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60142

► After witnessing the success of Canadian strategies to attract U.S. film production in the 1990s, states and localities began offering financial incentives in an effort… (more)

▼ After witnessing the success of Canadian strategies to attract U.S. film production in the 1990s, states and localities began offering financial incentives in an effort to lure film and video production away from their traditional hubs in California and New York (Christopherson & Rightor, 2010). This effort increased dramatically in the 2000s, both in scope and in scale. Production activity can now locate in states offering rebates of up to 40 percent of costs, even if this exceeds their actual tax bills, and all but a handful of states offer some form of tax incentives (Christopherson & Rightor, 2010; Katz & Rosenthal, 2006; National Conference of State Legislatures, 2011; Vock, 2008). While some states may be reducing incentive packages in the current climate of fiscal austerity, others are doubling down on that strategy as an effort to stimulate job growth and increased economic activity. And while most states tout many successes from these programs in both metrics, the question of whether such policies promote long-term sustainable economic development has not been fully answered. First I use theoretical literature to construct a model of sustainable industrial development. I will then test this model using a variety of methods and data sets at the national, and state and county levels. In the following two analytical chapters, I will evaluate the impacts of incentives on state-level employment and firm growth, followed by an assessment of the economic effects of incentives in one such state: Georgia. By using this variety of approaches and units of analysis, I hope to shed light on both the macro- and micro-level impacts such incentives have on the industrial economic development of states. In the first study, I use data from the County Business Patterns (CBP) over the years 2002-2013 to view changes in economic activity by state by the level of incentives offered. Using panel data for industry employment, establishment and occupational employment, I use a fixed and random effects regression models to view the relationship between the presence of incentives and the levels of employment and firms in the film industry of each state. Next, I use Georgia as a case study with which to evaluate the degree to which financial incentives for the motion picture industry can create a sustainable network of local firms and workers. I test these theories by using confidential QCEW data to analyze establishment-level activity and relative locations. The results neither completely confirm nor disprove the hypothesis that attracting mobile productions with state tax incentives can establish a nascent industry and generate long-term employment in a region. However, there is some evidence that the number of years the MPIs are in effect does have a positive impact, especially on establishments and occupations. Additionally, the states’ climate and transportation access relative to Los Angeles and other locations are important factors in building a local industry. Advisors/Committee Members: Liu, Cathy Y. (advisor), Kim, Anna J. (committee member), Lecy, Jesse D. (committee member), Seaman, Bruce A. (committee member), Thomas, John C. (committee member).

Subjects/Keywords: State tax incentives; Film industry; Motion picture industry; Movie production incentives

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APA (6^th Edition):

Kolenda, R. S. (2017). Growing an industrial cluster?: Movie production incentives and state film industries. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60142

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Kolenda, Richard Salvatore. “Growing an industrial cluster?: Movie production incentives and state film industries.” 2017. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60142.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Kolenda, Richard Salvatore. “Growing an industrial cluster?: Movie production incentives and state film industries.” 2017. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Kolenda RS. Growing an industrial cluster?: Movie production incentives and state film industries. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60142.

Council of Science Editors:

Kolenda RS. Growing an industrial cluster?: Movie production incentives and state film industries. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60142

7. Doyle, Jessica L. H. What metropolitan-level factors affect Latino-owned business performance?.

Degree: PhD, City and Regional Planning, 2018, Georgia Tech

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60783

► An estimated 1.54 million Latinos are self-employed in unincorporated businesses, while the 2012 national Survey of Business Owners counted 3.3 million Latino-owned firms, with a… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Latino entrepreneurship; Ethnic entrepreneurship; Immigrant entrepreneurship; Economic development; Community development; Immigration; City planning

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Doyle, J. L. H. (2018). What metropolitan-level factors affect Latino-owned business performance?. (Doctoral Dissertation). Georgia Tech. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60783

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Doyle, Jessica L H. “What metropolitan-level factors affect Latino-owned business performance?.” 2018. Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Tech. Accessed March 05, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60783.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Doyle, Jessica L H. “What metropolitan-level factors affect Latino-owned business performance?.” 2018. Web. 05 Mar 2021.

Vancouver:

Doyle JLH. What metropolitan-level factors affect Latino-owned business performance?. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2018. [cited 2021 Mar 05]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60783.

Council of Science Editors:

Doyle JLH. What metropolitan-level factors affect Latino-owned business performance?. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Georgia Tech; 2018. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/60783

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