Yves Zenou, Professor

Stockholm University Department of Economics SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden

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Yves Zenou is a Professor of Economics at Stockholm University since September 2007. He is currently visiting the University of California, Berkeley during the academic year 2009-2010. His fields of interest are (i) social interactions and network theory, (ii) search and matching theory, (iii) urban economics, (iv) segregation and discrimination of ethnic minorities, (v) identity and assimilation of emigrants, (vi) economics of crime and (vii) education.

Yves Zenou is also affiliated to the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN, Stockholm), the Groupe d'Analyse des Itineraires et Niveaux Salariaux (GAINS, Le Mans), the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London) and the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA, Bonn).

He is the Editor of Regional Science and Urban Economics, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Urban Economics, the Scandinavian Journal of Economics, and Annals of Economics and Statistics. Yves Zenou was previously a Professor of Economics at the University of Southampton, UK, and a Guest Professor at the European University Institute and Tel Aviv University.

Research interests

Current teaching

Selected publications

Yves Zenou (2009), Urban Labor Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Here are some reviews of the book that have been (or will be published) in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, in: Journal of Regional Science, in: Economica.

Ballester, C., Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2006), "Who's who in networks. Wanted: the key player", Econometrica, 74, 1403-1417.

Calvó-Armengol, A., Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2009), "Peer effects and social networks in education", Review of Economic Studies, 76, 1239-1267.

Smith, T.E. and Y. Zenou (1997), "Dual labor markets, urban unemployment and multicentric cities", Journal of Economic Theory, 76, 185-214.

Ballester, C., Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2010), "Delinquent networks", Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming.

Gautier, P.A. and Y. Zenou (2010), "Car ownership and the labor market of ethnic minorities", Journal of Urban Economics, forthcoming.

Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2010), "Juvenile delinquency and conformism", Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, forthcoming.

Åslund, O., J. Östh, and Y. Zenou (2010), "How crucial is distance to jobs: Old question - Improved answer", Journal of Economic Geography, forthcoming.

Battu, H. and Y. Zenou (2010), "Oppositional identities and employment for ethnic minorities. Evidence from England", Economic Journal, forthcoming.

Y. Zenou (2010), "Search, wage posting, and urban spatial structure", Journal of Economic Geography, forthcoming.

Bisin, A., Patacchini, E., Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2008), "Are Muslim immigrants different in terms of cultural integration?", Journal of the European Economic Association, 6, 445-456.

Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2004), "Racial beliefs, location and the causes of crime", International Economic Review, 45, 731-760.

Zenou, Y. (2000), "Urban unemployment, agglomeration and transportation policies", Journal of Public Economics, 77, 97-133.

Selod, H. and Y. Zenou (2006), "City-Structure, Job Search, and Labor Discrimination. Theory and Policy Implications", Economic Journal, 116, 1057-1087.

Brueckner, J.K. and Y. Zenou (2003), "Space and unemployment: The labor-market effects of spatial mismatch", Journal of Labor Economics, 21, 242-266.

Y. Zenou (2009), "Search in cities", European Economic Review, 53, 607-624.

Y. Zenou (2009), "Endogenous job destruction and job matching in cities", Journal of Urban Economics, 65, 323-336.

Zenou, Y. (2008), "Job search and mobility in developing countries. Theory and policy implications", Journal of Development Economics, 86, 336-355.

Zenou, Y. (2003), "The spatial aspects of crime", Journal of the European Economic Association, 1, 459-467.

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Working papers

A. Bisin, E. Patacchini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou, "Ethnic identity, residential segregation, and labor-market outcomes of immigrants in Europe".

M. König, C. Tessone and Y. Zenou, "A dynamic model of network formation with strategic interactions.".

J. de Marti and Y. Zenou, "Social networks". in I. Jarvie and J. Zamora-Bonilla (Eds.), Handbook of Philosophy of Social Sciences, SAGE Publications, forthcoming.

A. Cabrales, A. Calvó-Armengol and Y. Zenou, "Social interactions and spillovers.".

Y. Zenou, "Social interactions and labor market outcomes in cities". Revise and resubmit at the Economic Journal.

Y. Zenou, "Rural-Urban Migration and Unemployment. Theory and Policy Implications" Journal of Regional Science, forthcoming.

H. Battu, P. Seaman and Y. Zenou, "Job contact networks and the ethnic minorities", Revise and resubmit at Labour Economics.

E. Patacchini and Y. Zenou, "Neighborhood Effects and Parental involvement in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education".

E. Patacchini and Y. Zenou, "Ethnicity and crime in London".

J. de Marti and Y. Zenou, "Ethnic Identity and Social Distance in Friendship Formation".

C. Ballester, A. Calvó-Armengol and Y. Zenou, "R&D Networks. Theory and Policy Implications".

A. Bisin, E. Patacchini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou, "Formation and Persistence of Oppositional Identities".

M. Saez-Marti and Y. Zenou, "Culture transmission and discrimination".

E. Patacchini and Y. Zenou, "Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes".

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