National Background Note ‘Local Scenarios of Demographic Change: The impact on local labour markets’
The Netherlands as a whole and many Dutch regions, in particular, experience a decline in potential labour force as well as an ageing population. These demographic developments may have consequences…
Rocketing rents - The magnitude and attenuation of agglomeration economies in the commercial property market
Rocketing rents in urban areas are likely explained by agglomeration economies. This paper investigates the impact of these external economies on commercial property values, using unique micro data on…
Agglomeratievoordelen in de kantorenmarkt: het belang en de reikwijdte
Huurprijzen van kantoren zijn veel hoger in dichtbevolkte, stedelijke gebieden dan elders. Belangrijke redenen daarvoor zijn de zogenoemde agglomeratievoordelen. Deze ontstaan als bedrijven zich dicht…
Consumer city or production city? Market areas and density effects in the Netherlands
Using detailed Dutch grid-cell data, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and VU University Amsterdam investigated the elasticity between population and different kinds of amenities in the…
A Population–Employment Interaction Model as Labour Module in TIGRIS XL
This paper looks at the integration of a population–employment interaction model in the TIGRIS XL model framework. TIGRIS XL is an integrated land-use and transport model which is actually a system of…
Multimodale knooppunten staan volop in de belangstelling bij beleid en de verwachtingen zijn hoog gespannen. Echter, hoe mooi de toekomstbeelden ook zijn, recente ervaringen laten zien dat…
The rationale of spatial economic top sector policy
Dutch top sector policy is aimed at the economic sectors that are the most important to the international competitive position of the Netherlands, such as the knowledge-intensive and export-oriented…
Mixed neighbourhoods: effects of urban restructuring and new housing development
Many European countries use mixed housing policies to decrease the spatial concentration of low-income households. Also in the Netherlands, social housing in deprived neighbourhoods is being…
Bestemming gewijzigd. Moderniteit en stedelijke transformaties.
'Bestemming gewijzigd. Moderniteit en stedelijke transformaties' is een boek dat leest als een stadswandeling. Het uitgangspunt voor de auteurs was: Wat is er gebeurd met de instituties in gebouwen…
A hedonic price analysis of the value of industrial sites
Hedonic price modelling is a widely used technique to explain the value of different types of properties. Following the notion that city areas may suffer from devaluation, poses the question of what…
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