Overman, Henry G. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-3525-7629, Puga, Diego and Turner, Matthew A.
(2008)
Decomposing the growth in residential land in the United States.
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 38 (5).
pp. 487-497.
ISSN 0166-0462
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Abstract
This paper decomposes the growth in land occupied by residences in the United States to give the relative contributions of changing demographics versus changes in residential land per household. Between 1976 and 1992 the amount of residential land in the United States grew 47.7% while population only grew 17.8%. At first glance, this suggest an important role for per-household increases. However, the calculations in this paper show that only 24.5% of the growth in residential land area can be attributed to state-level changes in land per household. 37.3% is due to overall population growth, 22.6% to an increase in the number of households over this period, 6% to the shift of population towards states with larger houses, and the remaining 9.6% to interactions between these changes. There are large differences across states and metropolitan areas in the relative importance of these components.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01660... |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 Elsevier B.V. |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment Spatial Economics Research Centre Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O51 - U.S.; Canada R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R14 - Land Use Patterns |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2010 15:46 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 23:22 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30786 |
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