Table 1

Variable definitions

VariableDefinitionPeriod
ROTTax reduction for renovations, conversions, and extensions, Total sum, SEK million2004–2020
HPAverage housing price, single-family houses, SEK thousands2004–2020
RentalsRental apartments as a share of total housing stock, percentage2004–2020
UnempUnemployment rates in per cent in the municipality2004–2020
DensityPopulation density in the municipality2004–2020
UrbanUrbanisation rates in the municipality2004–2020
PopPopulation, number of persons in all age groups2004–2020
IncAverage incomes, population older than 16 years, SEK thousands2004–2020
TaxIncome tax in municipality and county, per cent2004–2020

Note(s): The table defines the variables we access in our analysis and the period in which we have the data. It is panel data with 290 municipalities and 15 years (n = 290 and t = 15). The variables refer to three different definitions of tax subsidies; ROT is the total tax reduction. During three years, the ROT was equal to zero. The variable HP refers to the average price of municipal single-family homes per year. Rentals measures the share of rental apartments in the total housing stock in the municipality per year. The variable Unemp is measured as the percentage of the unemployed in the workforce; Density is measured as the population divided by the geographical size of the municipality, and the variable Urban is calculated as the share of the population living in urbanisation. The control variables also refer to Pop, the population size, Inc, which refers to the average income of the population over 16 years of age, and tax (the total income tax in the county and municipality) in the years in question. Period refers to years (t) to which we have access to data

Source(s): Secondary data from Statistics Sweden and calculations by the authors

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