Yves Zenou, Professor

Stockholm University Department of Economics SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden

+46-8-162880

Short presentation

Yves Zenou is professor of economics at Stockholm University. Yves Zenou was previously a visiting professor at the department of economics at the University of California, Berkeley (2009-2010), a professor of economics at the University of Southampton, UK (2000-2003), a Research Fellow at CORE. Belgium (1994-1996) and a Guest Professor at the European University Institute, Osaka University, Sciences Po (Paris), Tel Aviv University. His research is both theoretical and empirical and his interests include: (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 immigrants, (vi) Criminality 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 currently the Editor of Regional Science and Urban Economics, and Associate Editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Urban Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, and Annals of Economics and Statistics.

Research interests

  • Labor Economics
  • Urban Economics
  • Public Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Economics of Crime
  • Economics of Networks

Current and past teaching

  • Fall 2008 (Sep-Oct): Search Theory (PhD Course)
  • Fall 2008 (Oct-Nov): Networks: Theory and Applications (PhD Course)
  • Winter 2009 (Jan-March): Game Theory (Master Course)
  • Spring 2009 (April-May): Advanced Urban Economics (PhD Course)
  • Fall 2009 at UC Berkeley (August-Nov): Game Theory
  • Spring 2010 at UC Berkeley (Jan-April): Advanced Microeconomic Theory
  • Fall 2010 at Stockholm University (Oct-Nov): Networks: Theory and Applications (PhD Course)
  • Spring 2011 at Stockholm University (April-May): Game Theory (Master Course)

Selected publications

Yves Zenou (2009), Urban Labor Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Here are links to some reviews of the book: in Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Regional Science, in Economica, in the Journal of Economic Geography.

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, 8, 34-61.

Zenou, Y. (2011), "Search, migration, and urban land use. The case of transportation policies", Journal of Development Economics, 96, 174-187.

Cabrales, A., Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2011), "Social interactions and spillovers", Games and Economic Behavior, 72, 339-360.

Bisin, A. Patacchini, E. Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2011), "Ethnic identity and labor-market outcomes of immigrants in Europe", Economic Policy, 26, 57-92.

Bisin, A. Patacchini, E. Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2011), "Formation and persistence of oppositional identities", European Economic Review, 55, 1046-1071.

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.

Bisin, A., Patacchini, E., Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2011), "Errata Corrige: Are Muslim immigrants different in terms of cultural integration?", Journal of the European Economic Association, 9, 1012-1019.

Battu, H., Seaman, P. and Y. Zenou (2011), "Job contact networks and the ethnic minorities", Labour Economics, 18, 48-56.

König, M., Tessone, C. and Y. Zenou (2010), "From assortative to dissortative networks: The role of capacity constraints", Advances in Complex Systems, 13, 483-499..

Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2012), "Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism", Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, forthcoming. Won the 2011 Oliver E. Williamson prize for the best article accepted for publication in the JLEO during 2009 and 2010.

Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2011), "Intergenerational education transmission: Neighborhood quality and/or parents' involvement?", Journal of Regional Science, 51, 987-1013.

de Martí,J. and Y. Zenou (2011), "Social networks", In: I. Jarvie and J. Zamora-Bonilla (Eds.), Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science, London: SAGE Publications, Chap. 16, pp. 339-361. Here is the link to the Handbook of Philosophy of Social Science

Battu, H. and Y. Zenou (2010), "Oppositional identities and employment for ethnic minorities. Evidence from England", Economic Journal, 120, F52-F71.

Gautier, P. and Y. Zenou (2010), "Car ownership and the labor market of ethnic minorities", Journal of Urban Economics,67, 392-403.

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

Gobillon, L., Selod, H. and Y. Zenou (2007), "The mechanisms of spatial mismatch", Urban Studies, 44, 2401-2427.

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.

Åslund, O., Östh, J. and Y. Zenou (2010), "How crucial is distance to jobs for ethnic minorities? Old question – Improved answer", Journal of Economic Geography, 10, 389-422.

Zenou, Y. (2011), "Search, wage posting, and urban spatial structure", Journal of Economic Geography, 11, 387-416.

Zenou, Y. (2011), "Rural-urban migration and unemployment. Theory and policy implications", Journal of Regional Science, 51, 65-82.

Zenou, Y. (2009), "High-relocation costs in search-matching models. Theory and application to spatial mismatch", Labour Economics, 16, 534-546.

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

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

Zenou, Y. (2009), "How common is integration policy in Europe?", In: S. Gustavsson, L. Oxelheim, and Lars Pehrson (Eds.), How Unified in the European Union, Springer Verlag, pp. 139-155.

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

Zenou, Y. (2006), "Urban labor economic theory", In: R. Arnott and D. McMillen (Eds.), A Companion to Urban Economics, Boston: Blackwell Publishing, Chap. 25, pp. 418-439.

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

Zenou, Y. (2000), "Unemployment in Cities ", In: J-M. Huriot and J-F. Thisse (Eds.), Economics of Cities. Theoretical Perspectives, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ch. 10, pp. 343-389.

Wauthy, X. and Zenou, Y. (2000), "How the adoption of a new technology is affected by the interaction between labour and product markets", In: G. Norman and J-F. Thisse (Eds.), Market Structure and Competition Policy. Game-Theoretical Approaches, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ch. 12, pp. 271-286.

Thisse, J-F. and Y. Zenou (1998), "How to finance education when the labor force is heterogeneous?", In: G.Barba Navaretti, P.Dasgupta, K-G.Mäler and D.Siniscalco (Eds.), Creation and Transfer of Knowledge: Institutions and Incentives, Berlin: Springer Verlag, ch.7, pp. 209-223.

Complete list of publications

Working papers

Liu, X., Patacchini, E., Zenou, Y. and L-F. Lee (2011), "Criminal Networks: Who is the Key Player?". NEW VERSION

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

Y. Zenou, "Spatial versus social mismatch: The strength of weak ties".

R. Helsley and Y. Zenou, "Social networks and interactions in cities".

E. Patacchini, E. Rainone and Y. Zenou, "Dynamic aspects of teenage friendships and educational attainment".

E. Patacchini and Y. Zenou, "Social networks and parental behavior in the intergenerational transmission of religion".

V. Dequiedt and Y. Zenou , "International Migration, Imperfect Information, and Brain Drain".

A. Bisin, E. Patacchini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou, "Bend it like Beckham. Ethnic identity and integration".

E. Cohen-Cole, E. Patacchini and Y. Zenou , "Systemic risk and network formation in the internbank market".

J. de Marti and Y. Zenou, "Ethnic identity and social distance in friendship formation".

C. Ballester, A. Calvó-Armengol and Y. Zenou, "Education policies when networks matter".

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

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

J. Wahba and Y. Zenou, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Migration, Entrepreneurship and Social Capital".

Y. Zenou, "Housing policies in China: Issues and options".

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