What causes pockets of high unemployment within cities ? Economists point out at two alternative explanations : residential segregation as well as physical disconnection to jobs may have harmful labor-market effects. Our empirical work carried out on the Brussels metropolitan area supports the...

Comment expliquer l'existence de poches de chômage élevé au sein des villes ? La théorie économique identifie deux explications concurrentes : les effets néfastes sur le marché du travail associés à la ségrégation résidentielle, et l'éloignement de ces zones aux lieux d'emplois. Le...

This paper investigates the causal effects of the spatial organisation of Brussels on unemployment propensities. Using census data at the individual level, the unemployment probability of young adults is estimated while taking into account personal, household and neighbourhood characteristics....

This paper investigates the causal effects of the spatial organization of Brussels on unemployment propensities. Using 1991 Census data, we estimate the unemployment probability of young adults while taking into account personal, household and neighborhood characteristics. We solve the...