Zijlstra, A.H. (2021) The physical attraction of Dutch neighbourhoods: A reason to move or not? A Binary regression analysis on the relationship between physical characteristics of Dutch neighbourhoods and the wish to move. Pre-master thesis.
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Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the extent to which physical characteristics of neighbourhoods impact the wish to move to the Netherlands. Therefore, the following research question was formulated: To what extent do the physical characteristics of Dutch neighbourhoods impact the wish to move among households in the Netherlands? The Dutch have become more firmly about their housing preferences in the last few years. Moreover, housing satisfaction has decreased in the largest cities in the Netherlands, resulting in a higher wish to move among Dutch households. Hence, the physical appearance of a neighbourhood and the living environment has gotten more attention among buyers in relocation decisions. A binary regression analysis was performed to examine this relationship, using the woOn-survey 2018 from CBS, a large dataset consisting of statistical data on the housing situation of the Dutch population. The most important results indicated that the buildings' maintenance level and physical attraction had a crucial explanatory power on the wish to move. However, contradictive of the expectations, urban density proved no significance in explaining the wish to move. Further, socio-demographic and housing characteristics also proved to be closely associated with the wish to move. This paper concludes that, in line with the existing literature, the relationship between objective physical characteristics of the neighbourhood in regard and the wish to move is significant. However, there are many more factors to consider in predicting relocation decisions. Therefore, there might be room for future research on the neighbourhood's subjective physical characteristics to expand the academic knowledge on the wish to move.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Pre-master) |
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| Degree programme: | Real Estate Studies |
| Supervisor: | Liu, X. |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2021 06:40 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2021 06:40 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3739 |
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