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Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

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The Effects Of A Proactive Policy-Driven Migration On Neighborhood Crime, Tyler Scott Bellick Jan 2020

The Effects Of A Proactive Policy-Driven Migration On Neighborhood Crime, Tyler Scott Bellick

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The immigrant crime-relationship is one of the most vigorously debated and contentious public policy concerns in present society. The majority of scholarship investigating this link demonstrates that immigrants are no more crime prone than the native-born population, and in fact, may even suppress levels of neighborhood crime. A limitation of this body of scholarship is that it tends focus on immigration, overall, or specifically Latino immigration, failing to account of potentially important between-group differences in offending. The present study addresses this gap by examining the effects of a government-driven Guyanese migration on neighborhood crime rates at five cross-sections. Exploratory analyses …


Essays On The Stem Doctoral Labor Market, Holden Alexander Diethorn Jan 2020

Essays On The Stem Doctoral Labor Market, Holden Alexander Diethorn

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

STEM doctorates are a key input to both academic and industry R&D and are thus fundamental to the rate of innovation and long-term economic growth of the global economy. This thesis focuses on how immigration policy and postdoctoral training impact the career outcomes of STEM doctorates and consists of three essays appearing as chapters.