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The Role Of Amenities In The Location Decisions Of Ph.D. Recipients In Science And Engineering, Albert Joseph Sumell
The Role Of Amenities In The Location Decisions Of Ph.D. Recipients In Science And Engineering, Albert Joseph Sumell
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Location-specific amenities have been shown to play an increasingly important role in individual migration decisions. The role certain amenities play in the location decisions of the highly educated may be the cause of persistent regional differences in certain types of human capital, and consequently in regional productivity. This dissertation examines the determinants of the location decisions of new Ph.D. recipients in science and engineering (S&E). A discrete choice random utility model of the city location decisions of new Ph.D.s is developed to estimate preferences for city attributes as well as willingness to pay for improved amenity quality. By estimating the …