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Unemployment, segregation, and the structure of cities
Heuermann, Daniel F.; Vom Berge, Philipp - 2024
We examine the residential segregation of workers and the unemployed in the 80 largest cities in Germany. Drawing on a … unemployment in unprecedented detail. We document a strong and persistent rise in segregation between workers and the unemployed … rise of segregation was characterized by a third phenomenon: a trend towards "localization", i.e., a tendency of workers …
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How urbanization affects employment and social interactions
Satō, Yasuhiro; Zenou, Yves - 2014
We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. 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. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238209
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Social Interactions and Labor Market Outcomes in Cities
Zenou, Yves - 2011
We develop a model where information about jobs is essentially obtained through friends and relatives, i.e. strong and weak ties. Workers commute to a business center to work and to interact with other people. We find that housing prices increase with the level of social interactions in the city...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130958
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Social Interactions and Labor Market Outcomes in Cities
Zenou, Yves - 2021
We develop a model where information about jobs is essentially obtained through friends and relatives, i.e. strong and weak ties. Workers commute to a business center to work and to interact with other people. We find that housing prices increase with the level of social interactions in the city...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013325176
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How Urbanization Affects Employment and Social Interactions
Sato, Yasuhiro - 2014
We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. 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. We also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059681
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Is unemployment a consequence of social interactions? : seeking for a common research framework for economists and other social scientists
Tolciu, Andreia - 2008
This article aims to summarize the existing body of literature on social interactions and their effect on individual unemployment status. Two directions of the ongoing research are analyzed: the impact of social norms on unemployment and the importance of social networks in the job search...
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Social interactions and unemployment
Hedström, Peter; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Åberg, Yvonne - 2003
This paper is concerned with social interactions and their importance for unemployment. A theoretical model is specified in which the psychological costs of unemployment depend upon the unemployment level. The analysis reveals social multiplier effects, and shows that multiple unemployment...
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Urban segregation and unemployment : a case study of the urban area of Marseille - Aix-en-Provence (France)
Alivon, Fanny; Guillain, Rachel - In: Regional science & urban economics 72 (2018), pp. 143-155
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How urbanization affect employment and social interactions
Satō, Yasuhiro; Zenou, Yves - In: European economic review : EER 75 (2015), pp. 131-155
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Workforce location and equilibrium unemployment in a duocentric economy with matching frictions
Lehmann, Etienne; Montero Ledezma, Paola L.; Van der … - 2015
This article examines unemployment disparities and efficiency in a densely populated economy with two job centers and workers distributed between them. We introduce commuting costs and search-matching frictions to deal with the spatial mismatch between workers and firms. In a decentralized...
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