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The impact of mixed land use on residential property values
Koster, Hans; Rouwendal, Jan - 2010 - This version: October 15, 2010
Contemporary European urban planning policies aim to mix land uses in compact neighbourhoods. It is presumed that mixing land uses yields socio-economic benefits and therefore has a positive effect on housing values. In this paper, we investigate the impact of mixed land use on housing values...
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The Impact of Mix Land Use on Residential Property Values
Koster, Hans - 2010
Contemporary European urban planning policies aim to mix land uses in compact neighbourhoods. It is presumed that mixing land uses yields socio-economic benefits and therefore has a positive effect on housing values. In this paper, we investigate the impact of mixed land use on housing values...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136819
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Travel-to-work : which factors matter? : an analysis on regional labor markets in the UK
Bergantino, Angela Stefania; Madio, Leonardo - 2015
-regional mobility in UK (through commuting behavior). We consider a simple theoretical model and develop an empirical application using …, we find that earnings, sex differences and individual characteristics play an important role in explaining commuting … to other regions commuting more than 45 minutes. Moreover, we find support also for the ?household responsibility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479431
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Are workers with a long commute less productive? : an empirical analysis of absenteeism
Ommeren, Jos van; Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, Eva - 2009
whether the commute has a positive effect on worker’s absenteeism. Our estimates for Germany indicate that commuting distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377584
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Commuting, children and the gender wage gap
Borghorst, Malte; Mulalic, Ismir; Ommeren, Jos van - 2021
Denmark and show that gender differences regarding commuting play an important role in explaining this. We offer 3 pieces of … evidence. First, the gender pay and commuting gaps come into existence at the same moment: when the first child is born. Second …, wage compensation for commuting is lower for women after the birth compared to men: about 3 − 4 percentage points of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650122
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Cities, Regions and the Decline of Transport Costs
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kohlhase, Janet E. - 2003
The theoretical framework of urban and regional economics is built on transportation costs for manufactured goods. But over the twentieth century, the costs of moving these goods have declined by over 90% in real terms, and there is little reason to doubt that this decline will continue....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075969
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Income Tax Deduction of Commuting Expenses and Tax Funding in an Urban CGE Study : The Case of German Cities
Hirte, Georg - 2014
Germany like many other European countries subsidize commuting by granting the right to deduct commuting expenses from … urban sprawl characterized by suburbanization of residences and jobs, increasing commuting distances and spatial city growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068145
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Can urban renewal policies reverse ethnic tipping points?
González Pampillon, Nicolas; Jofre-Monseny, Jordi; … - 2015
Economist has traditionally been skeptical about the potential effects of place-based policies. Some authors (see, e.g., Overman and Nathan, 2013, and Kline and Moretti, 2014) argued that place-based policies are an imperfect solution to deal with social problems, for many reasons. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478179
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The effect of foreign-owned large plant closures on nearby firms
Bisztray, Márta - 2016
I estimate the impact of foreign-owned large plant closures on local firms. I identify 41 such events in Hungary and assign comparable control cities with foreign-owned large plants operating in the same industry and not closing. I use a firm-level panel database of Hungarian firms between 1992...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538329
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Can Urban Renewal Policies Reverse Neighborhood Ethnic Dynamics?
González Pampillón, Nicolás - 2017
This paper assesses the impact on neighborhood population dynamics of a major urban renewal policy implemented in Catalonia (Spain) between 2004 and 2010. Some of the most deprived neighborhoods in the region received large investments in their public spaces and facilities with the aim of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962852