Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299915 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16987
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In the postwar period, when fertility dropped substantially, immigration more than made up for the drop in population growth, and from 1950 to 2020, population increased by 73%, double the European rate, in a country with population density already among the highest in Europe. Yet, there never has been a serious population policy, and in fact, central spatial planning has been abandoned. In regard to effects on population size, it seems like immigration policies were set by a sorcerer's apprentice who only half mastered his art: he could set forces in motion, but controlling them afterwards was beyond his skills. As a result, Dutch policy making touching on alternative uses of land, has now reached a stalemate. We discuss some options for a way out.
Subjects: 
population size
population density
immigration
immigration policies
spatial planning
JEL: 
J10
J11
J18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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