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Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties
Picard, Pierre M; Zenou, Yves
2014
 

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Keywords :
Social interactions; segregation; labor market; spatial mismatch
Abstract :
[en] We develop a model where workers both choose their residential location (geographical space) and social interactions (social space). In equilibrium, we show under which condition the majority group resides close to the job center while the minority group lives far away from it. Even though the two populations are ex ante totally identical, we find that the majority group experiences a lower unemployment rate than the minority group and tends to socially interact more with other workers of its own group. Within each group, we demonstrate that workers residing farther away from the job center tend to search less for a job and are less likely to be employed. This model is thus able to explain why ethnic minorities are segregated in the urban and social space and why this leads to adverse labor-market outcomes in the absence of any discrimination against the minority group.
Disciplines :
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Author, co-author :
Picard, Pierre M ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
Zenou, Yves
Language :
English
Title :
Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties
Publication date :
June 2014
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