Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa

Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa

This paper explores the incentives for backyarding, an expanding category of urban land-use in developing countries that has proliferated South Africa. The theoretical model exposes the trade-off faced by the homeowner in deciding how much backyard...

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Main Authors: Brueckner, Jan K., Rabe, Claus, Selod, Harris
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
HOUSING
INFORMAL HOUSING
JOB ACCESS
LAND USE
RENTAL INCOME
URBAN HOUSING
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/491081541096912553/Backyarding-Theory-and-Evidence-for-South-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30842
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spelling okr-10986-308422021-12-03T12:16:48Z Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa Brueckner, Jan K. Rabe, Claus Selod, Harris HOUSING INFORMAL HOUSING JOB ACCESS LAND USE RENTAL INCOME URBAN HOUSING This paper explores the incentives for backyarding, an expanding category of urban land-use in developing countries that has proliferated South Africa. The theoretical model exposes the trade-off faced by the homeowner in deciding how much backyard land to rent out: loss of yard space consumption in return for a gain in rental income. Under common forms for preferences, the homeowner's own-consumption of yard space falls as land rent increases, causing more land to be rented to backyarders. With better job access for backyarders raising land rent by increasing their willingness-to-pay, the analysis then predicts that the extent of backyarding will be higher for parcels with good job access. This hypothesis is tested by combining a satellite- based count of backyard dwellings per parcel with job-access data. The empirical results strongly confirm the prediction that better job access increases the extent of backyarding. 2018-11-12T20:56:33Z 2018-11-12T20:56:33Z 2018-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/491081541096912553/Backyarding-Theory-and-Evidence-for-South-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30842 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8636 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa South Africa
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topic HOUSING
INFORMAL HOUSING
JOB ACCESS
LAND USE
RENTAL INCOME
URBAN HOUSING
spellingShingle HOUSING
INFORMAL HOUSING
JOB ACCESS
LAND USE
RENTAL INCOME
URBAN HOUSING
Brueckner, Jan K.
Rabe, Claus
Selod, Harris
Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa
geographic_facet Africa
South Africa
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8636
description This paper explores the incentives for backyarding, an expanding category of urban land-use in developing countries that has proliferated South Africa. The theoretical model exposes the trade-off faced by the homeowner in deciding how much backyard land to rent out: loss of yard space consumption in return for a gain in rental income. Under common forms for preferences, the homeowner's own-consumption of yard space falls as land rent increases, causing more land to be rented to backyarders. With better job access for backyarders raising land rent by increasing their willingness-to-pay, the analysis then predicts that the extent of backyarding will be higher for parcels with good job access. This hypothesis is tested by combining a satellite- based count of backyard dwellings per parcel with job-access data. The empirical results strongly confirm the prediction that better job access increases the extent of backyarding.
format Working Paper
author Brueckner, Jan K.
Rabe, Claus
Selod, Harris
author_facet Brueckner, Jan K.
Rabe, Claus
Selod, Harris
author_sort Brueckner, Jan K.
title Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa
title_short Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa
title_full Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa
title_fullStr Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Backyarding : Theory and Evidence for South Africa
title_sort backyarding : theory and evidence for south africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/491081541096912553/Backyarding-Theory-and-Evidence-for-South-Africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30842
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