During an ongoing housing crisis in Amsterdam one potential determinant of the increase of housing prices is further analysed: Airbnb activity. Airbnb potentially increases housing prices by...Show moreDuring an ongoing housing crisis in Amsterdam one potential determinant of the increase of housing prices is further analysed: Airbnb activity. Airbnb potentially increases housing prices by generating extra demand for housing to rent to tourists, and decreasing housing supply for residents because these houses are used to hosts travellers. Listing on Airbnb is interesting as potential profits are high. With less housing supply and more demand for housing, housing prices increase. Furthermore, Airbnb increases disposable income by increasing tourism, leading to more income available to spend on housing, Lastly, Airbnb hosts sometimes renovate houses, increasing the value of houses further. In the city centre these effects are heightened due to a lower increase of housing supply and extra demand for Airbnb listings. To research this phenomenon the central question in this paper is: To what extend did Airbnb increase housing prices in Amsterdam in the time period of 2015-2019? Most papers researching the effects of Airbnb on the housing market have a bigger scope as Europe or the United States. This paper zooms in on one particular city: Amsterdam, in order to further estimate economic effects of Airbnb listings in one city. This paper can help policy makers identify the potential increase of housing prices through Airbnb and construct policy dampening the negative effects of Airbnb, while still keeping most of the benefits. This thesis uses multiple fixed effects regression models to estimate the effect of Airbnb on the housing market. Amsterdam is divided over 22 GGW-areas which are used as research subject. The dependent variable in this thesis is WOZ-value, and the independent variable is the number of Airbnb listings. Housing supply, number of households, unemployment rate, and disposable income are added as control variables. As robustness checks social housing and maintenance level of houses are added. These variables have a low number of observations, thus could not be included in the primary models. To estimate the effect of Airbnb listings on the city centre of Amsterdam an interaction effect is added. This thesis estimates that on average Airbnb activity increased the housing prices in Amsterdam between 2015-2019 with 3.4% and 13.9% in the city centre, identifying a potential increase of Airbnb listings on housing prices in Amsterdam. To lessen this effect building more houses, only allow a limited number of listings and increased enforcements are recommended. This thesis is mostly limited by a low amount of data and having limited insight in the mechanisms underlaying the effect of Airbnb on housing prices.Show less
The growth of the sharing economy represents an introduction of social commerce into the digital market. In light of this, one can expect the behavioral implications of engaging in the sharing...Show moreThe growth of the sharing economy represents an introduction of social commerce into the digital market. In light of this, one can expect the behavioral implications of engaging in the sharing economy to differ from that of other digital platforms. Previous literature has found that digital platforms prime the self-interested preference of their consumers, but the unique characteristics of the sharing economy suggest that it has the potential, through its promotion of more personal interaction, to instead prime social preferences. Using the goal-framing theory, this paper aimed to uncover whether the presence of personal social interaction strengthens preferences for sustainability and preferences for purchasing from individuals, and whether the presence of egocentric cues affects this relationship. The findings indicated no significant correlations except for in one key area, being that the presence of personal social interaction strengthens preferences for sustainability, subject to moderating effects. In other words, the sharing economy, through its social element, has the potential to foster social preferences.Show less
This thesis aims to study the effects of the Swedish parental leave and father quota on gender attitudes of fathers using the GGS data set. Given that there is less empirical research regarding the...Show moreThis thesis aims to study the effects of the Swedish parental leave and father quota on gender attitudes of fathers using the GGS data set. Given that there is less empirical research regarding the effect of parental leave and father quota on gender attitudes, the author aims to fill this gap with empirical results. Using ordinary least square regression, the author will analyze the effect of paid parental leave and father quota on the gender attitudes of fathers. The author finds that parental leave positively affects gender attitudes of fathers. Indicating that using parental leave makes fathers more egalitarian. Conversely, the author finds that the father quota negatively affects gender attitudes of fathers, suggesting that using only the father quota does not necessarily make fathers increasingly egalitarian.Show less
This paper analyses the effect of the 2012 reduction in childcare subsidies on female labour supply in the Netherlands. In 2005, childcare subsidies increased substantially, resulting in slightly...Show moreThis paper analyses the effect of the 2012 reduction in childcare subsidies on female labour supply in the Netherlands. In 2005, childcare subsidies increased substantially, resulting in slightly higher female labour participation, but also higher public spendings. Therefore, the Dutch government decided to decrease their spendings on childcare subsidies in 2009. In 2012, they reduced the subsidies even further. Using a differences-in-differences strategy based on the LISS panel, the effect of the 2012 reduction in childcare subsidies on female labour supply will be estimated. Results show mainly positive effects on female labour participation. However, the short-term effects on single women’s labour participation are negative. These results could be valuable to governments considering reducing childcare subsidies in order to decrease public spendings.Show less
