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segregation predicted by the models (and embodied in the context of race), Americans live in economically diverse neighborhoods … segregation: income mixing appears to be unstable, although the adjustment process is slow. This work is of especial importance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703467
Since the 1950s, there has been a steady decentralization of entry-level jobs towards the suburbs of American cities, while racial minorities ?and particularly blacks? have remained in city centers. In this context, the spatial mismatch hypothesis argues that because the residential locations of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262106
Demand externality generated by the agglomeration of commercial activities is a potential source of city formation. We study the impact of a large-scale urban redevelopment program involving the construction of a shopping complex at the center of Tokyo. The redevelopment program increased the...
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We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and their social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition some individuals reside close to the job center while others live far away from it. Even though the two...
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segregation predicted by the models (and embodied in the context of race), Americans live in economically diverse neighborhoods … segregation: income mixing appears to be unstable, although the adjustment process is slow. This work is of especial importance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268795
The aim of this paper is to provide a new mechanism based on social interactions explaining why distance to jobs can have a negative impact on workers' labor-market outcomes, especially ethnic minorities. Building on Granovetter's idea that weak ties are superior to strong ties for providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278389
Since the 1950s, there has been a steady decentralization of entry-level jobs towards the suburbs of American cities, while racial minorities —and particularly blacks— have remained in city centers. In this context, the spatial mismatch hypothesis argues that because the residential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763795
We present a theory of the demand for flood insurance and empirically analyze the effects of the adoption of Risk Rating 2.0, using individual insurance histories for all NFIP policies. The reform increased exit and reduced entry, both in the flood zone and its periphery. The reform had highly...
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This paper develops a novel procedure for proxying economic activity with day-time satellite imagery across time periods and spatial units, for which reliable data on economic activity are otherwise not available. In developing this unique proxy, we apply machine-learning techniques to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426404
This paper analyses the interrelationship between the process of suburbanization and a changing political and ethnic landscape in the Vilnius urban region. The region surrounding Vilnius city is dominated by Polish identity residents while those who suburbanise into the region are mainly ethnic...
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