Place-Based Development, Housing, and Inequality in Puerto R…

Here is a clear, dissertation-level instruction list you can send directly to your editor for Chapter 2 (Literature Review) based on your uploaded document: Instructions for Editor Chapter 2 Revisions (Literature Review: Place-Based Development, Housing, and Inequality in Puerto Rico) Document: Economics_REVISED_DOCUMENT_FINA… 1. Language and Grammar Editing (HIGH PRIORITY) Please perform a full academic copy edit focusing on: Correcting sentence structure and grammar throughout. Improving academic flow and readability. Removing repetitive phrasing. Fixing awkward or translated wording (several paragraphs read as direct translation rather than academic English). Specific issues to correct: Run-on sentences. Incorrect verb tense consistency. Informal phrasing (e.g., the rich get the money rewrite academically). Articles and prepositions (the Puerto Rican development, failure to control the situation, etc.). Goal: polished doctoral-level academic prose suitable for thesis submission. 2. Improve Academic Tone and Precision Rewrite sections where language is overly informal or vague while preserving meaning. Examples needing refinement: Housing inequality explanations. Disaster recovery discussion. Investment clustering sections. Ensure wording reflects: analytical neutrality scholarly objectivity causal caution (avoid deterministic claims). 3. Strengthen Theoretical Transitions Between Sections Add clearer transition sentences between major themes: Disaster vulnerability Place-based incentives Incentives Housing markets Housing markets Inequality mechanisms Literature Empirical modeling framework Each section should explicitly answer: How does this literature justify the empirical design of this study? 4. Clarify Conceptual Mechanisms (IMPORTANT FOR DEFENSE) Ensure each literature subsection clearly identifies: Mechanism discussed Expected inequality effect Connection to Act 60 analysis Add brief clarifying sentences where needed explaining: WHY housing markets transmit inequality. HOW investment clustering affects ZIP-level outcomes. WHY ZIP codes are appropriate neighborhood proxies. 5. Improve Methodological Linkages to Chapter 3 Strengthen explicit links between literature and methodology by clarifying justification for: ZIP Year panel design Spatial spillover modeling Lagged exposure variables Localized inequality measurement using Gini coefficients Add short synthesis sentences at the end of sections tying theory method. 6. Citation and Reference Consistency (APA Style) Please verify: All in-text citations appear in references. Author formatting consistency. Italicization of journal titles. Proper capitalization. DOI formatting consistency. Examples needing review: Rican & Garca (2025) Layser (2023) formatting Multi-author citations consistency. 7. Reduce Redundancy Some concepts repeat across sections: Housing markets as inequality mechanism. Investment clustering explanations. Spatial inequality framing. Condense repeated explanations while preserving argument clarity. 8. Improve Section Headings (Clarity + Professional Tone) Revise headings for academic clarity and consistency. Suggested edits: Current Suggested Place and Directional Incentive to Investment Place-Based Incentives and Investment Clustering Urban Regime of Housing Markets as a Preponderating Process of Inequality Housing Markets as Drivers of Spatial Inequality The Inequality and Prejudice of Housing Housing Discrimination and Inequality Dynamics Interventions and Solutions of Homelessness Housing Interventions and Policy Moderation Effects 9. Strengthen Final Synthesis Section Enhance the concluding sections to clearly emphasize: Literature consensus. Research gap. Contribution of this thesis. End Chapter 2 with a strong transition sentence leading into empirical analysis. 10. Maintain Author Voice and Argument Important instruction: Preserve the authors analytical framework and structure. Do not remove methodological justification sections. Focus edits on clarity, academic tone, and coherence not conceptual restructuring. 11. Optional Enhancement (If Editor Has Time) Add minor clarity improvements by: Shortening overly long paragraphs. Adding occasional signposting phrases such as: Taken together… This literature suggests… Accordingly… Editing Goal The revised chapter should read as: Master thesis quality Publication-ready literature review Clearly linked to empirical modeling choices Defense-ready in clarity and logic