In the past thirty years, the group of migrants from wealthy countries on Bonaire has increased significantly. This is what Martijn Mak (Amsterdam Bureau for Economics) writes in a contribution to ESB. According to various experts, this development could have unintended negative consequences on Bonaire.
Research conducted by Paul Tauxe, analyst at Amsterdam Bureau for Economics provides a comprehensive econometric analysis of the factors behind diseconomies of scale and how they uniquely impact small island states, and offers insights into solutions that could help improve public spending efficiency.
The research conducted by Economisch Bureau Amsterdam (EBA), commissioned by the Centraal Dialoog Bonaire (CD), focuses on developments from 2012 to 2023 and outlines concrete opportunities to promote sustainable economic growth and self-sufficiency.
Amsterdam Bureau for Economics (EBA) has conducted research for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment into the costs of special needs childcare in the Caribbean Netherlands. In the EBA advice, childcare organisations receive compensation per child-day session for children in special needs childcare. The additional compensation for Expertise Centers Education Care is calculated in the proposal on the basis of the number of children on the island under the age of 4.
Amsterdam Bureau for Economics was on Saba from October 27 to 31 for a study into the price level on island. The aim of the research is to gain insight into the causes of the high price level and to identify solutions.
The Dutch Council of State has ruled that the municipality of Amsterdam has insufficiently substantiated why non-tourist group transport falls under the same volume policy as tourist group transport by water, partly based on an analysis by Amsterdam Bureau for Economics (EBA). The municipality must revise its tour boat policy and motivate it better in order to develop a fairer and more transparent licensing policy.
As of September 1st, Professor Raymond Gradus has joined Amsterdam Bureau for Economics as associate partner. His extensive knowledge and experience align well with the ambitions of our young and growing organization.
Amsterdam Bureau for Economics evaluated the Lvic and the FTAC in the period 2016-2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Development of Curaçao. The evaluation shows that the FTAC is an active, professional competition watchdog that has done a lot in its young existence in educating the private sector and the population, providing information and developing internal and external procedures. Partly because of its short existence and declining budgets, hard results that are noticeable to the population have so far been limited.
During a lunch seminar at Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, Paul Tauxe, analyst at Economisch Bureau Amsterdam / Amsterdam Bureau for Economics and student at the Toulouse School of Economics, presented the results of his research into diseconomies of scale/lack of economies of scale in Small Island Developing States.
Although the schemes that encourage home ownership through income tax have been (slightly) phased out in recent years, home ownership remains fiscally attractive. Martijn Mak (Amsterdam Bureau for Economics) shows this with a time series in ESB.