Research interests
- Labor economics
- Urban economics
- Neighborhood effects
- Housing market
- Microeconometrics
PhD project
This PhD project lies at the crossroads of urban economics and labor economics, and aims at better understanding the inequalities resulting from the interaction between these two strands of the economy. A first chapter assesses the question of the existence of neighborhood effects in job search behaviors, which could amplify the initial unemployment inequalities due to spatial sorting. A second, more exploratory chapter seeks to understand which frictions might explain the observation according to which wages for the low-skilled do not fully compensate for high housing costs in large cities. A third chapter focuses on the consequences of these high housing costs on the labor market trajectories of the low-skilled. These issues are both related to public policies implemented in deprived neighborhoods and to housing policies in France.
