"Perhaps the Sky’s the Limit? Airports and Employment in Local Economies"
A paper written by UC Berkeley economics PhD candidate Maurice McGraw, focused on the economic impacts of developing airports, described in the article, Flying Forward.
From the abstract: "This paper considers the effects of small and mid-size commercial airports on their local economies over the post World War II period, specifically 1950-2010. To estimate these effects, I use a detailed, novel dataset of Census Based Statistical Area (CBSA) level employment outcomes, geographic, transportation, and city characteristics, along with previously unexploited historical aviation data."