Sorting based on urban heritage and income: Evidence from the Amsterdam metropolitan area

M. van Duijn; J. Rouwendal

doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103719

Sorting based on urban heritage and income: Evidence from the Amsterdam metropolitan area

M. van Duijn
, J. Rouwendal

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We study the relationship between cultural heritage and city structure in a residential sorting model. Contrary to previous research, we find that all income groups attach a large value to the proximity of urban heritage while there are important differences associated with other household characteristics. In line with previous research, we find that all households attach value to the share of high-income households in neighborhoods. Our approach covers both elements and we use the estimated version to investigate the overall impact of cultural heritage on within-city structure. We simulate the housing market equilibrium in a counterfactual situation without spatial differences in the presence of cultural heritage. The results suggest that without highly valued inner city amenities, households’ location choice in European cities, such as Amsterdam, would be much more similar to US cities.

Original language	English
Article number	103719
Pages (from-to)	1-18
Number of pages	18
Journal	Regional Science and Urban Economics
Volume	90
Early online date	30 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103719
Publication status	Published - Sept 2021

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The authors thank Kurt Schmidheiny, Stephan Heblich and the other participants of the Workshop on Cultural Heritage and Urban Revival, Nick Kuminoff, Lars Nesheim, two anonymous referees and the editor David Krisztian Nagy for useful comments on previous drafts. The authors thank Statistics Netherlands, NVM, RCE and PBL for providing us with excellent data. The authors gratefully acknowledge Platform 31, VU University and the University of Groningen for their financial support.

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Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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