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We are hiring! VU Amsterdam (Dept of Spatial Economics) seeks AP in Urban and Real Estate Economics. Research fit: (spatial) general equilibrium + reduced-form work on land/housing, commuting, amenities, local public goods. RT. #UrbanEconomics #AcademicJobs workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/va...

Vacancy — Vacancy for Assistant Professor 'Urban and Real Estate Economics'

Are you an ambitious economist with a special interest in urban economics and real estate? Join the Department of Spatial Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam!

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🏡🏗️ Solutions for the Housing Crisis: Adding Floors ('optoppen') and Side Extensions ('aanplakken')? 🔹 On Housing Lab, we discuss the pros and cons of this approach. 🔹 Today on RTL News and RTL Z, I discuss this further, alongside real-world applications, see www.rtl.nl/nieuws/rtl-z...

Is optoppen en aanplakken een slimme oplossing voor de woningcrisis? - Housing Lab

De Nederlandse overheid heeft de ambitieuze doelstelling om tot en met 2030 zo’n 900.000 nieuwe woningen te realiseren. Een van de innovatieve manieren om dit te bereiken is door bestaande gebouwen te...

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📢 Today, we are launching the Housing Lab at the symposium on "Investing in the Public Housing Sector", organized with CPB. 🏡 Housing Lab provides research-based insights to support policy decisions on housing markets. 🔎 More information: housinglab.nl #HousingLab #PublicHousing #UrbanEconomics

Housing Lab - Het Kennisplatform voor de Woningmarkt

Het Housing Lab genereert en bundelt theoretische inzichten en praktische kennis over de woningmarkt.

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Yesterday on BNR Radio: Minister for Housing, Mona Keijzer, aims to ease regulations on housing construction, particularly by streamlining procedures for inner-city development. However, I am afraid this adjustment will not deliver the 100,000 homes the government promised for 2025.

'Aangepast woonplan gaat het fundamentele probleem niet oplossen’

Volgens Hans Koster, hoogleraar Stedelijke Economie en Vastgoed, wordt het met de restricties alleen maar lastiger om meer te bouwen.

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In #publichousing systems rents are below the market level, implying a #rationing problem. How do you then ensure that you allocate housing to the person who values it the most? We study the #efficiency of the allocation in the Dutch public housing system in our Journal of Public Economics paper.

Quantifying misallocation of public housing

We empirically investigate how rent control combined with the use of a non-market allocation mechanism – centralised waiting lists – affects the effic…

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Join #HousingLab & #CPB on 19 March to explore investing in affordable housing and bridge the gap between research and policy. 🗓️ 13:00-17:00 📍 CPB, The Hague 🌍 Dutch 🇳🇱 Topics: - Rental sector investment - Housing construction Register: secretaressepool@cpb.nl #Housing #Policy

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An article in @fd.nl discusses Egypt’s new capital, including my quotes on how agglomeration economies and amenities affect the success of this project. The new capital risks increasing inequality between rich residents in the new city and poorer people left behind in a dysfunctional metropolis.

🎁 Lees gratis: De Egyptische hoofdstad-in-aanbouw lijkt vooral voor de rijken bestemd

Ruim tien jaar wordt er al gewerkt aan de bouw van een nieuwe Egyptische hoofdstad. Met de uittocht van bewoners, bedrijven en ambassades uit het overbevolkte Caïro wil het nog niet zo vlotten. Is het...

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Netherlands-based researchers are invited to the inaugural Dutch Urban Economics and Trade (DUET) Workshop, taking place on 16 April 2025 at Erasmus University Rotterdam. All sessions are conducted in English. You can register here (forms.gle/nbedkCQagGGU...), which is open until 10 March 2025.

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A 3-year postdoctoral position is available, focusing on the economics of housing affordability. Applicants with exceptional quantitative skills and a PhD in economics are highly encouraged to apply. The position will be co-supervised by Jos van Ommeren and myself. (Application deadline: 31/12/24)

Vacancy — Postdoctoral Researcher: The Economics of Housing Affordability

The Department of Spatial Economics is looking for a Postdoc Researcher for a 3-year position on a project examining housing affordability and urban economics, focusing on key issues in housing market...

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