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Ommeren, Jos van - 2008

According to economic theory, there are no strong reasons to tax (or to subsidise) residential moves, although low levels of taxation may be potentially justified to deal with the presence of externalities and economic stability. This is in contrast to practise in most countries where...

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Transport-related fringe benefits

Ommeren, Jos van; Vlist, Arno J. van der; Nijkamp, Peter - 2002

Fringe benefits of various kinds have become an essential element of modern labour market mechanisms. Firms offer transport-related fringe benefits such as transport subsidies (company cars, travel and parking subsidies) and relocation subsidies to job applicants. The spatial implications of...

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Property transfer taxes, residential mobility, and welfare

Schmidt, Daniel Jonas - 2022

neutrality is achieved with higher income taxes. I also consider a partial reform that only exempts young first-time homebuyers …

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Subjective well-being and partnership dynamics : are same-sex relationships different?

Chen, Shuai; Ours, Jan C. van - 2017

cohabitation and between same-sex partnerships and opposite-sex ones. Our results support the short-term crisis model and … orientation. The well-being gains of marriage are larger than those of cohabitation. Investigating partnership formation and … younger and older cohorts while cohabitation only benefits younger cohort. …

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Symbolism matters : the effect of same-sex marriage legalization on partnership stability

Chen, Shuai; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019

We study the effect of marriage on the stability of formal partnerships exploiting same-sex marriage legalization in the Netherlands as a natural experiment. Samesex marriage legalization allowed registered partnerships to be transformed into marriage. Since registered partnerships and marriages...

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Transaction costs in housing markets : the role of government policy

Ommeren, Jos van - 2008

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Public housing and the value of apartment quality to households

Ommeren, Jos van; Koopman, Marnix - 2010

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Public housing and the value of apartment quality to households

Ommeren, Jos van; Koopman, Marnix - 2010

The application of hedonic price approaches to obtain estimates of the households' value of apartment characteristics is invalid for regulated housing markets such as public housing. We introduce and apply an alternative method that allows us to estimate renters' marginal willingness to pay for...

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Congestion and residential moving behaviour

Larsen, Morten Marott; Pilegaard Hansen, Ninette; … - 2004

In this paper we study how congestion and residential movingbehaviour are interrelated using a two-region job search model. Workerschoose optimally between interregional commuting and residential movingto live closer to the place of work. This choice affects the external costs ofcommuting due to...

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Marriage and the city

Gautier, Pieter; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2005

Do people move to cities because of marriage market considerations? In citiessingles can meet more potential partners than in rural areas. Singles are thereforeprepared to pay a premium in terms of higher housing prices. Once married, themarriage market benefits disappear while the housing...

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