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Beggar thy neighbour, beggar thy neighbourhood

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Neighbourhood effects and the economies of housing consumption are, independently, thoroughly researched topics in the urban economics literature. Little has been said, however, about the effects of housing consumption restrictions on the dispersal of neighbourhood effects to different economic groups. At a time of rising public concern about economic inequality, properly understanding the link between housing market restrictions and neighbourhood effects across the income spectrum is of increasing importance. This paper proposes a model to better assess how labour productivity as influenced by neighbourhood effects changes with restrictions in housing consumption. The results of the model show that except in the case where no labour complementarity exists between the high and low‐skilled population segments, housing restrictions excluding the poor from the better‐off neighbourhoods will lead to welfare losses for both populations. Los efectos de los vecindarios y las economías del consumo de la vivienda son, de forma independiente, temas investigados exhaustivamente en la literatura sobre economía urbana. Poco se ha escrito, sin embargo, sobre los efectos de las restricciones en el consumo de la vivienda en la dispersión de los efectos de vecindario para diferentes grupos económicos. En un momento de preocupación pública creciente sobre la desigualdad económica, es cada vez más importante comprender de manera adecuada el vínculo entre las restricciones del mercado de la vivienda y los efectos de vecindario a lo largo del espectro de ingresos. Este artículo propone un modelo para evaluar mejor cómo cambia la productividad del trabajo, según la influencia de los efectos del vecindario, con las restricciones en el consumo de la vivienda. Los resultados del modelo muestran que, salvo en casos en que no exista complementariedad laboral entre los segmentos de población de alta o baja cualificación, las restricciones de vivienda que excluyan a los pobres de los barrios más acomodados provocarán pérdidas de bienestar para ambas poblaciones. 近隣効果(neighbourhood effect)と住宅消費の経済は、各々が研究し尽くされた都市経済学論文のトピックである。しかしながら、異なる経済集団に対する近隣効果の分散に対する住宅消費の規制の影響については、ほとんど言及されていない。経済格差に対する社会的懸念が起こる時代には、住宅市場の規制とすべての所得スペクトラムにおける近隣効果との関連を十分に理解することがより重要になる。本稿では、住宅消費に規制がかかる場合で、近隣効果の影響を受ける労働生産性がどのように変化するのかについてより正確に評価するモデルを提案する。このモデルの結果から、高技能集団と低技能集団の間に相補性が存在しない場合を除いて、中流の居住区から貧困を排除する住宅規制は、貧困集団と中流集団の両方に厚生損失をもたらすことが示される。

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  • Brian Asquith, 2018. "Beggar thy neighbour, beggar thy neighbourhood," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(2), pages 439-459, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:97:y:2018:i:2:p:439-459
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12248
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