The relaxation of land use restrictions is commonly cited as an effective solution to the housing affordability crisis because it would create more housing supply. However, one concern is that developers would not take advantage of such a policy …
Greenbelts are a widespread policy tool used to protect natural spaces from urban sprawl. With rising housing costs in many metropolitan areas, numerous questions have been raised about the impact of greenbelts on housing markets. Yet despite the …
While much of the focus on neighbourhood change has been on household sorting and endogenous amenities, little attention has been paid to another factor driving neighbourhood change - aging-in-place. While many households sort into neighbourhoods …
Measures of wealth inequality are important indicators, but only exist in a handful of countries. I am the first to estimate the distribution of wealth in Canada on an annual basis from 1990-2018. Using the income capitalization method of Saez & …