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February 28, 2018

Why do wages grow faster in urban areas? Sorting of high potentials matters

The existence of an urban wage growth premium is a well-established empirical fact. This article challenges the conventional view that faster wage growth for urban workers is caused by human capital spillovers.

February 28, 2018

Complexities in the spatial scope of agglomeration economies

This article argues that the spatial scope of agglomeration economies is much more complex than is often assumed in the agglomeration literature. We provide insight into this issue by analyzing panel data on individual wages with a high level of spatial detail.

January 18, 2018

Firm heterogeneity and exports in the Netherlands: Identifying export potential

According to the Melitz (2003) model, potential exporters have to be sufficiently productive to overcome the entry costs of foreign markets. Once firms pass this productivity threshold, they all export. However, empirical evidence indicates that a substantial share of high-productive firms do not export.

August 22, 2017

Cost-benefit analysis for flood risk management and water governance in the Netherlands: an overview of one century

The Netherlands is a global reference for flood risk management. This reputation is based on a mix of world-class civil engineering projects and innovative concepts of water governance. For more than a century, cost-benefit analysis has been an important tool for both flood risk management as well as water governance in the Netherlands. It has helped to select the most effective and efficient flood risk projects and to coordinate and reconcile the interests of various policy areas, levels of government and private stakeholders.

February 21, 2017

Understanding employment decentralization by estimating the spatial scope of agglomeration economies

This paper argues that the spatial decay function of agglomeration economies is much more complex than is often assumed in the agglomeration literature. We provide insight into this issue by analyzing a nationwide and spatially rich wage panel.

December 22, 2016

Literatuurstudie ‘Effectiviteit van place-based beleid’

Op het verzoek van de werkgroep 'Agenda Stad’ heeft het CPB een literatuurstudie uitgevoerd naar de mogelijkheden voor de Rijksoverheid om met gebiedsgericht beleid, zogeheten place-based beleid, de lokale en nationale economie te bevorderen.

November 23, 2016

De arbeidsmarkt aan de grens met en zonder grensbelemmeringen

Als het zou lukken om grensbelemmeringen op de arbeidsmarkt weg te nemen, dan nemen de werkgelegenheid en lonen toe in Nederlandse grensprovincies, en de werkloosheid neemt af.

May 31, 2016

Winkelleegstand na de crisis

De leegstand van winkels kan in veel gevallen worden opgelost door de vastgoedmarkt, bijvoorbeeld door leegstaande winkels te verbouwen tot woningen.

April 7, 2016

Reële opties en het waarderen van flexibiliteit bij infrastructuurprojecten

De reële-optiebenadering benadrukt dat flexibiliteit van investeringsprojecten van grote waarde kan zijn.

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