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Interaction of Regional Population and Employment
Vermeulen, Wouter; van Ommeren, Jos - 2004
improved by decomposing population growth into netinterregional migration and exogenous natural popu1ation developments. We … find thatemployment growth responds quite strongly to deviations from regional labour marketequilibria. Net migration is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325302
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Compensation of Regional Unemployment in Housing Markets
Vermeulen, Wouter; van Ommeren, Jos - 2005
Why are regional unemployment differentials in Europe so persistent if, as the wage curve literature demonstrates, there is no compensation in labour markets? We hypothesize that workers in high-unemployment regions are compensated in housing markets. Modelling regional unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325341
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The Effect of Migration on Income Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2009
Using meta-analytical techniques, we focus on 11 studies that explicitly measure the effect of a net migration variable … migration rate of one percentage point increases on average the GDP per capita growth rate by 0.13 percent, thus suggesting a … net migration impact that is more consistent with endogenous self-reinforcing growth rather than neoclassical convergence …
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Regional Wage Differences in the Netherlands: Micro-Evidence on Agglomeration Externalities
Groot, Stefan P.T.; de Groot, Henri L.F.; Smit, Martijn - 2011
Based on micro-data on individual workers for the period 2000-2005, we show that wage differentials in the Netherlands are small but present. A large part of these differentials can be attributed to individual characteristics of workers. Remaining effects are partially explained by variations in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325950
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Cities with forking paths? Agglomeration economies in New Zealand 1976-2018
Donovan, Stuart; de Graaff, Thomas; Grimes, Arthur L.; … - 2021
We consider whether external urban economic advantages (agglomeration economies) vary with time and space using a simple economic model and detailed micro-data on 134 locations in New Zealand for the period 1976-2018. We find subtle temporal variation, with estimates peaking in 1991 and then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012797242
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Ethnic Concentration and Human Capital Formation
de Graaff, Thomas; de Groot, Henri L.F. - 2004
international migration research, both from a methodological as well as an empirical perspective. The purpose of this paper is … twofold. First, it aims to provide an overview of that part of the migration literature that is concerned with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325440
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Local Economic Conditions and the Nature of New Housing Supply
Hilber, Christian A.L.; Rouwendal, Jan; Vermeulen, Wouter - 2014
migration and is hindered by strict local land use control. Our findings imply that tight regulation may hamper metro area level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491350
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Efficient Allocation of Land between Productive Use and Recreational Use - An Application to Galician Case
Giménez, Eduardo L.; González-Gómez, Manuel - 2001
In this paper the efficient allocation of natural recreational areasis analysed. Natural recreational areas have the features of publicgoods. We present the efficient allocation of this non-excludablepublic good in a rational general equilibrium model withheterogeneous agents. This allows us to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324764
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Measuring the Economic Value of a Marine Protection Program against the Introduction of Non-Indigenous Species in the Netherlands
Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.; van den Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. - 2002
Harmful algal bIoom species are the cause of important damages to marine living resources and human beings. These marine species are primarily introduced in North-European waters through ballast water, i.e. water trans-ported across the oceans so as to keep a vessel in balance. Port authorities...
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Inconsistent and Lexicographic Choices in Stated Preference Analysis
Rouwendal, Jan; de Blaeij, Arianne T. - 2004
In stated choice (SC) data inconsistent and lexicographic choice behavior is often observed. It is sometimes recommended to remove data with these characteristics from the analysis. In this paper we reconsider this recommendation. In our data many respondents have inconsistent choice patterns,...
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