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A Link Between Municipal Spending on Housing and Other Factors Explaining Housing Conditions in a Country

RAKOVÁ, Barbora

Basic information

Original name

A Link Between Municipal Spending on Housing and Other Factors Explaining Housing Conditions in a Country

Authors

RAKOVÁ, Barbora (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Brno, XXIV. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách. Sborník příspěvků. p. 399-405, 7 pp. 2021

Publisher

Masarykova univerzita

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50202 Applied Economics, Econometrics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/21:00124996

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

ISBN

978-80-210-9896-1

DOI

Keywords in English

municipal policy; housing policy; multilevel governance; quantitative analysis

Tags

Reviewed
Změněno: 14/3/2023 10:23, Mgr. Pavlína Kurková

Abstract

V originále

Housing policy has been for years pronounced as an important field for urban development. However, cities are rather reluctant to join in, explaining their position mainly by financial scarcity and low competence. This however does have social implications on life of the citizens. The aim of this study is to conduct a basic prove of a link between proportion of municipal spending on Housing and other factors explaining Housing conditions in a country. In other words, the goal of this brief study is to analyse what aspects of housing may be linked with the level of municipal spending on Housing and how. To do so, data about 21 countries from OECD Housing Database have been used for basic quantitative analyses (correlation matrices and linear regressions). The outputs suggest that the level of municipal spending on Housing is positively linked with the proportion of national budget designated for Housing and the GDP level of the country. It has also been found that housing costs of people, who have a mortgage, are higher in places, where municipal budget expenditure is on a higher level. Finally, the results indicate, that where proportion of municipal budget spending on Housing is higher, there the construction of new dwellings is slower and the relative expenditure of households on Housing is lower. Although the results may have interesting value for policy makers, they need to be proved by a further analysis. This study is only a brief baseline for further analysis, because of low number of observations and because further factors related to housing may need to be added.

Links

MUNI/A/1250/2020, interní kód MU
Name: Vybrané moderní přístupy k regionálnímu rozvoji (Acronym: MODREG)
Investor: Masaryk University