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A small model of equilibrium mechanisms in a city

Palma, André De; Proost, Stef; Loo, Saskia Van Der - HAL - 2013

We use a simple economy with two interconnected geographical zones. Individuals can live and work in one of the two zones or can commute between them. This model is used to explore the dynamics of housing and work decisions after a permanent shock in labour demand occurred in one of the two...

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Where in cities do "rich" and "poor" people live? The urban economics model revisited

Lemoy, Rémi; Raux, Charles; Jensen, Pablo - HAL - 2013

We exploit the power of the Alonso-Mills-Muth (AMM) urban economics model and show that various utility functions and plausible conditions offer alternative explanations of households' location by income within a city. These include the existence of a "rich" center and more complex socio-spatial...

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The Effect of Location on Finding a Job in the Greater Paris Area

Gobillon, Laurent; Magnac, Thierry; Selod, Harris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

There are large spatial disparities in unemployment durations across the 1,300 municipalities in the Ile-de-France region (Paris Greater Area). In order to characterize these imbalances, we estimate a proportional hazard model stratified by municipality on an exhaustive dataset of all...

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How Urbanization Affects Employment and Social Interactions

Sato, Yasuhiro; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also demonstrate that, for a low urbanization level, there is a unique steady …-state equilibrium where workers do not interact with weak ties, while, for a high level of urbanization, there is a unique steady … when social interactions are optimal, we show that there is over-urbanization in equilibrium. …

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