Journal article
Does land use planning shape regional economies? A simultaneous analysis of housing supply, internal migration and local employment growth in the Netherlands
CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Van Stolkweg 14, P.O. Box 80510, 2508 GM, The Hague, The Netherlands1
Department of Spatial Economics, VU University, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands2
Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), LSE, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, United Kingdom3
Tinbergen Institute, Roetersstraat 31, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands4
Why has job growth over the past decades been weaker in the Dutch Randstad area than in surrounding regions? In a simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment has adjusted to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration was predominantly determined by regional housing supply, and not by employment growth.
Growth of the regional housing stock appeared insensitive to changes in the number of people and jobs. This lack of responsiveness to demand conditions is consistent with the presence of strong restrictions on residential development near the main Dutch cities, suggesting that the current regional distribution of economic activity in the Netherlands reflects land use planning decisions.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2008 |
| Pages: | 294-310 |
| ISSN: | 10960791 and 10511377 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhe.2009.09.002 |
