Cet article décrit les formes différenciées de communication sur le lieu de travail des salariés, en fonction de leur localisation, en mobilisant les enquêtes c.o.i. (Changement organisationnel et Informatisation, 1997) et « Techniques et Organisation du travail » (1987, 1993). Dans...

Afin d'identifier les externalités de communication dans les villes françaises, les auteurs mobilisent une enquête originale disposant de la communication des travailleurs sur leur lieu de travail. Ils supposent que les travailleurs sont à même de plus communiquer dans les villes les plus...

We estimate the effect of interstate highways on the level and composition of trade for us cities. Highways within cities have a large effect on the weight of city exports with an elasticity of approximately 0.5. We find little effect of highways on the total value of exports. Consistent with...

We develop a new methodology to estimate the elasticity of urban costs with respect to city population using French land price data. Our preferred estimate, which handles a number of estimation concerns, stands at 0.041. Our approach also yields a number of intermediate outputs of independent...

This paper provides descriptive evidence about the distribution of wages and skills in denser and less dense employment areas in France. We confirm that on average, workers in denser areas are more skilled. There is also strong overrepresentation of workers with particularly high and low skills...

Why do cities grow in population, surface area, and income per person? Which cities grow faster and why? To these questions, the urban growth literature has offered a variety of answers. Within an integrated framework, this chapter reviews key theories with implications for urban growth. It then...

We document and then develop a model explaining and relating changes in firms’ organization and in urban structure. Sharing of business services by headquarters and of sector-specific intermediates by production plants within a city reduces costs, while congestion increases with city size. A...