Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322691 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers Series No. 05-33
Publisher: 
Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, Utrecht
Abstract: 
Richard Florida stated that it is not (only) job opportunities or urban amenities which attract creative high-educated people to cities but, rather, tolerance and aesthetics. We have tested this hypothesis in a cross section of Dutch cities. Our conclusion is that the tolerance/creative class nexus empirically fails to materialize for the Netherlands. However, the aesthetic assets of cities do provide a strong explanation for both share and growth of the creative class in Dutch cities. Beside that, job opportunities and urban amenities are still the most important factors influencing the choice for a place of residence.
Subjects: 
urban economics
human capital
creative class
tolerance
urban amenities
city aesthetics
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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