118 research outputs found
Compensation for Commuting in Imperfect Urban Markets
We develop an urban equilibrium job search model with employed and unemployed individuals where residential mobility of the unemployed is restricted. We assume a standard mono-centric model (firms are located in one location), but allow for imperfect labour markets. In contrast to models with perfect labour markets, the model predicts that the employed are only partially compensated for commuting costs in the form of wages. As a result, rent gradients are less steep than predicted by standard urban theories that assume perfectly competitive labour markets. © 2007 the author(s). Journal compilation © 2007 RSAI
Network Formation with Local Complements and Global Substitutes: The Case of R&D Networks
Climate Change and Migration: A CGE Analysis for Two Large Urban Regions of Latin America
Soybean hulls replacing ground corn in diets for early lactation Saanen goats: intake, digestibility, milk production and quality
Urban Spatial Structure, Employment
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
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