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The Regional Economic Impact of an Airport: The Case of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

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Jacco Hakfoort
Tom Poot
Piet Rietveld

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The completion of the so-called 'third package' in the liberalization of European aviation has changed the environment in which airports operate considerably. The continued growth of air traffic has led to a public debate in many Western countries about the expansion of airport capacity in the light of the externalities emanating from these traffic nodes. In this paper we try to measure the economic impact of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on the Greater Amsterdam region, by means of a social accounting matrix of this region. The paper tries to avoid some of the pitfalls of earlier studies by using a counterfactual approach in measuring the economic impact. We are able to distinguish employment created in sub-regions of the Greater Amsterdam region, and the education and qualification levels associated with this employment. Our results indicate that the total multiplier of direct employment on Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is approximately 2: one job on the airport leads to approximately one job in indirect and induced employment. L'achèvement du troisième ensemble de mesures en faveur de la libéralisation de l'aviation européenne a modifié sensiblement le milieu des aéroports. La croissance continue du trafic aérien a incité à un débat publique dans plusieurs pays occidentaux quant au développement de la capacité d'accueil à la lumière des effets externes engendrés par ces noeuds de trafic. A partir d'une matrice des comptes publics, cet article cherche à estimer l'impact économique de l'aéroport de Schiphol à Amsterdam sur l'agglomération d'Amsterdam. Pour cette estimation de l'impact économique, on se sert d'une approche spontanée afin d'éviter quelques-uns des écueils des études antérieures. Cela permet de distinguer la création d'emploi dans les sous-régions de l'agglomération d'Amsterdam, et les niveaux d'éducation et de qualification y associés. Les résultats laissent supposer que le multiplicateur global de l'emploi direct sur l'aéroport de Schiphol à Amsterdam se chiffre 2 environ: à savoir, la création d'un emploi à l'aéroport entraîne la création d'un emploi environ dans l'emploi indirect et induit. Die Fertigstellung des sog. 'dritten Pakets' der Liberalisierung der Europäischen Luftfahrt hat das Milieu, in dem Flughäfen betrieben werden, beträchtlich verändert. Die anhaltende Zunahme des Flugverkehrs hat in vielen westlichen Ländern zu einer öffentlichen Diskussion des Ausbaus der Flughafenkapazitäten im Lichte der externalen Effekte geführt, die von diesen Verkehrsknotenpunkten ausgehen. In diesem Aufsatz wird versucht, die wirtschaftliche Auswirkung von Schiphol, dem Flughafen von Amsterdam, auf die Region Groß-Amsterdam mit Hilfe einer Sozialberichterstattung dieser Region zu messen. Der Aufsatz versucht, Fallen zu vermeiden, in die frühere Studien gegangen waren, indem er einen den Tatsachen nicht entsprechenden Ansatz bei der Messung der wirtschaftlichen Auswirkung benutzt. Es gelang, sowohl Erwerbsstellen auszumachen, die in Teilregionen Großamsterdams geschaffen worden waren, als auch das Niveau der Bildung und Qualifikationen, das mit diesen Erwerbsstellen einhergeht. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, daß der Gesamtmultiplikator der direkten Erwerbstätigkeit in Schiphol, dem Flughafen von Amsterdam, sich auf annähernd 2 beläuft: eine Erwerbsstelle im Flughafen führt zu nahezu einer andern in indirekter und durch erstere herbeigeführte Erwerbstätigkeit.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Regional Studies.

Volume (Year): 35 (2001)
Issue (Month): 7 (October)
Pages: 595-604
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  1. Amanda Thompson & Robert Caves, 1993. "The Projected Market Share for a New Small Airport in the North of England," Regional Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 137-147, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Rawley Vaughan, 2006. "Airport City Limits: A Critical Assessment of the Redevelopment of Berlin's Flughafen Schönefeld," NEURUS papers neurusp99, NEURUS - Network of European and US Regional and Urban Studies. [Downloadable!]
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