The efficiency of the migration process as a market mechanism to equalize regional unemployment rate differentials in less developed countries has been the main aim of this thesis. First, we develop a dynamic model which allows us to describe the worker migration decision under different...

This thesis develops an extended demographic model of the Chicago region which projects the educational attributes of the population. The region is further subdivided into two zones, city and suburb, and two racial/ethnic groups are identified and disaggregated according to gender. Central to...

Recent literature in economics has failed to focus or take adequate account of the role of airline networks. In this dissertation the network is examined at the national/industry level, and also at the individual firm level. Statistical measures which capture pertinent characteristics of an...