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The national cost of constraintsA structural model finds large gains from easing California's housing constraints.
The counterfactual shifts employment toward California and raises modeled national output growth.
REDRAWN FROM STUDY DATAFigure 4 · Modeled California deregulation
Figure 4 · Modeled California deregulation. Values digitized from Figure 4 in the archived publication; minor reading error is possible.| Modeled outcome | Regulation reset to 2000 | Regulation reset to 1980 |
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| California employment share | 5.1 | 14.1 |
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| Rest-of-U.S. employment share | -0.6 | -1.8 |
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| National output growth | 4.2 | 11.3 |
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