TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Hartog, Joop
        TI  - The Dire Consequences of Untamed Population Growth in the Netherlands
        PY  - 2024/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16987
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16987
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - population size
KW  - population density
KW  - immigration
KW  - immigration policies
KW  - spatial planning
        ER  -