Zenou, yves, ruralurban migration and unemployment. We show that agents tend to interact more with agents that are highly central in the network of social contacts and that are geographically closer. In this paper, we study the relationship between informal employment and city structure, in the presence of informal housing. Do public transport investments promote urban economic.
Informality, city structure and ruralurban migration in. Advanced urban economics 14 hours by yves zenou stockholm university general description. In contrast to lee 2008, who models ruralurban migration, and zenou 2009. Pdf on nov 29, 2007, yves zenou and others published urban labor economic theory find, read and cite all the research you need on. The mechanisms of spatial mismatch laurent gobillon, harris. Many issues in urban economics can be analyzed in a new and deeper way when the labor market is introduced. The mechanisms of spatial mismatch paris school of economics. How urbanization affects employment and social interactions. Based on his persistent research work over the past twenty years, zenou has done a great job of presenting a unified theory of urban labor economics, in which land markets and labor markets are linked in an integrated manner.
Agglomeration and job matching among college graduates. The labormarket effects of spatial mismatch, journal of. Research institute of industrial economics, box 55665, 102 15 stockholm, sweden. We show that, in denser areas, individuals choose to interact with more people and meet more random encounters weak ties than in sparsely populated areas. Labour is a commodity that supplied by labourers in exchange for a wage paid by demanding firms. Labour economics looks at the suppliers of labour services workers and the demanders of labour services. Zenou, journal of economic geography on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Zenou 20, economic analyses of social networks, the international library of critical writings in economics, london. Social interactions and labor market outcomes in cities yves zenou stockholm university, research institute of industrial economics, gains, cepr and iza discussion paper no. We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. Labour markets or job markets function through the interaction of workers and employers. Research institute of industrial economics july 18, 2006 part 2. This type of idea is fundamental in urban economics and has given rise to a lively literature in the last 20 years. Part 1 is devoted to searchmatching models, part 2 to efficiencywage models, and part 3 to urban ghettos and labor markets.
Us inner cities experience poor labour market outcomes because they are disconnected from suburban job. Urban labor economics, by yves zenou, journal of regional. Based on his persistent research work over the past twenty years, zenou has done a great job of presenting a unified theory of urban labor economics, in which. Home prices, fdi flows and air quality in 35 major cities. A companion to urban economics provides a stateoftheart overview of this field, communicating its intellectual richness through a diverse portfolio of authors and topics unique in both its rigor and international treatment. Request pdf on jan 1, 2010, jan rouwendal and others published urban labor economics, by yves zenou find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The researchers at ifn are united in their belief that economic methods offer a powerful tool for understanding society. Peer effects, social networks, and labor market outcomes in cities 376 1. Urban labor economics, by yves zenou article in journal of regional science 511. Environmental and ecological economics r urban, rural, regional, real estate, and transportation economics y miscellaneous categories. Urban labor economics by yves zenou cambridge university press. Request pdf urban labor economics this book studies the links between urban economics and labor economics. Discrimination language fluency exclusion from the labor market. Based on his persistent research work over the past twenty years, zenou has done a great job of presenting a unified theory of urban labor economics, in which land markets and labor markets are linked in.
This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to allow for behavioral substitution between leisure time at home and effort at work. Urban segregation and employment access of ethnic minorities. Part 1 is devoted to searchmatching models, part 2 to efficiency wage. We develop a theoretical model where the existence and intensity of dyadic contacts depend on location. Yet the urban housing provision system has overlooked the needs of rural migrants since the reforms. Urban labor economics came out in may 2009 at cambridge university press. We build an urban searchmatching model incorporating informal labor, informal housing, and ruralurban migration. We show that both wages and unemployment depend on commuting costs, and that housing prices as well as location are based on workers. Notes on the literature 421 general conclusion 423 a. Economics of culture and institutions, gender differences, economics of ethnic minorities, crime. Urban social structure, social capital and spatial proximity. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Cv yves zenou august 2015 iza institute of labor economics. Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using the efficiency wage model as the mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urban economy.
Urban segregation and employment access of ethnic minorities yves zenou, stockholm university and gains. An ideal supplementary textbook in upperlevel undergraduate urban economics courses, or in masters level and professional courses, providing students with the. Part 1 is devoted to searchmatching models, part 2 to efficiencywage. Ponzetto crei, universitat pompeu fabra, and barcelona gse march, 2012 overview urban economics is the study of cities, what happens in them, and why most people live there when there is much more space outside them. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. Housing is typically our biggest expenditure, followed by transportation whose. Advanced urban economics 14 hours by yves zenou stockholm university general description urban economics is the economic study of urban areas. His research interests cover urban economics, labor economics, public economics and development economics. This course will build on the material presented in economics 281a by exploring a number of. In his groundbreaking book, urban labor economics, zenou 2009 establishes a model synthesizing the land equilibrium concepts of the archetypical, monocentric urban model with the wage and unemployment dynamics of searchmatching models.
Regional science and urban economics 42 6, 938949, 2012. Appendices deal with the basic urban economics monocentric model without. Urban economics and economics of agglomeration there is an important literature in urban economics looking at how interactions between agents create agglomeration and city centers. The research institute of industrial economics, ifn, is a private and independent foundation devoted to pursuing highly relevant research for trade and industry. I found zenous urban labor economics to be a useful introduction and reference for a paper that im writing that uses search theory models. We also demonstrate that, for a low urbanization level, there is a unique steadystate equilibrium. This book studies the links between urban economics and labor economics. Regional science and urban economics vol 40, issue 1. As such, it involves using the tools of economics to analyze urban issues such as crime, education, public transit, housing, and local government finance. Urban locations and labour market evolutions are explained by yves zenou in terms of frictions in the labour market.
Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the markets for wage labour. Cambridge core labour economics urban labor economics by yves zenou. In the field of urban economics, this is exactly the kind of book that i have been waiting for. We first present a benchmark model in which firms set efficiency wages to prevent shirking and to compensate workers for commuting. Most downloaded labour economics articles elsevier. Citescore values are based on citation counts in a given year e. In equilibrium, residing at a location with a long.
Volume 10 issue 6 journal of economic geography oxford. Urban economists are divided on the mag nitude of spatial. Social interactions and labor market outcomes in cities. We find that a greater decentralization of informal jobs leads to a higher informality rate in the labor market. Smithefficiency wages, involuntary unemployment and urban spatial structure regional science and urban economics, 25 1995, pp. Pdf on nov 29, 2007, yves zenou and others published urban labor economic theory find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Shapiro and stiglitz 15 and zenou and smith 22 who introduce space in an. Urban labor economics by yves zenou cambridge core. Transmilenio is widely regarded as a success, and cities around the world are planning or. Zenou chapter twentyfive urban labor economic theory yves zenou 25.
That is, urban labour markets might be at the very source of urban increasing returns and may be the reason why we have cities. Urban economics is the economic study of urban areas. In this paper survey some recent developments in urban labour economic theory. We then assess the extent to which better job matching of collegeeducated workers increases individuallevel wages and thereby contributes to the urban wage premium. Yves zenous main research consists of better understanding social interactions between agents in the context of education, crime and labor markets and analyzing property and land tax issues.
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