Reexamining Lackluster Productivity Growth in Construction
(www.sciencedirect.com)https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166046225000249 These estimates reveal that productivity has declined the most in areas with a larger fraction of construction in the urban core and with tighter housing supply constraints, especially in locations with long permitting times.
so gubmint bureaucracy increases the cost of homes? whodathunkit?