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Land use policy and employment growth- evidence from China.
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Habitat International . May2022, Vol. 123, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This paper examines the causal effect of land use policy on employment growth in Chinese cities. We find that a stricter Floor Area Ratio Regulation (FARR) leads to a reduction in employment growth in Chinese cities-a one percentage point reduction in FARR leads to a concurrent reduction of employment growth by 1.0–1.5 percentage points. More populated cities and labour-intensive manufacturing industries are found to be more severely affected by stricter FARR. Moreover, the effect of a stricter FARR is found to be less pronounced on state-owned firms compared to foreign-owned and privately-owned firms. Our main conclusions are robust to a variety of sensitivity tests, different instruments and alternative estimators. They suggest that imposing a stricter legal FARR incurs considerable employment costs for Chinese cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LAND use
*EMPLOYMENT policy
*URBAN growth
*MANUFACTURING industries
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01973975
- Volume :
- 123
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Habitat International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 156520085
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2022.102546