Publications

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Papers published in refereed journals

 1. Location and Education in South African Cities under and after Apartheid (2001)

   Journal of Urban Economics, 49, 168-198 (text, with Y. Zenou).

 2. Social Interactions, Ethnic Minorities, and Urban Unemployment (2001)

   Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 63-64, 183-214 (text, with Y. Zenou).

 3. Private versus Public Schools in post-Apartheid South African Cities: Theory and Policy Implications (2003)

   Journal of Development Economics, 71, 351-394 (text, with Y. Zenou).

 4. Le chômage dans l'agglomération bruxelloise  : une explication par la structure urbaine (2004)

   Revue d’Economie Régionale et Urbaine, February, 3-28 (text, with C. Dujardin and I. Thomas).

 5. La contribution française à l'économie du développement (2005)

   Revue d'Economie Politique, January-February, 1-16 (text, with C. Morrisson).

 6. The Political Economy of Urban Transport-System Choice (2006)

   Journal of Public Economics, 90, 983-1005 (text, with J. Brueckner).

 7. City Structure, Job Search, and Labour Discrimination. Theory and Policy Implications (2006)

   Economic Journal, 116, 1057-1087 (text, non-technical summary, with Y. Zenou).

 8. The Mechanisms of Spatial Mismatch (2007)

   Urban Studies, 44 (12), 2401-27 (text, with L. Gobillon and Y. Zenou).

 9. Les déterminants locaux du chômage en région parisienne (2007)

   Economie et Prévision, Issue 180-181 4/5, 19-38 (text, with L. Gobillon).

 10. Residential Segregation and Unemployment: the Case of Brussels (2008)

   Urban Studies, 45 (1), 89-113 (text, with C. Dujardin and I. Thomas).

 11. A Theory of Urban Squatting and Land-Tenure Formalization in Developing Countries (forthcoming)

   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (text, with J. Brueckner).

Book chapters and papers for general audience

  1. Ségrégation sociale et périurbanisation (2003)

   INRA Sciences Sociales, 1-2/03, november (with J. Cavailhès, text).

  2. La mixité économique et sociale (2004)

   Villes et Economie, Maurel, Perrot, Prager, Puig, Thisse, eds., La Documentation Française, Paris, chapter 5, 129-156 (text, buy this book).

  3. Les déterminants spatiaux du chômage en Ile-de-France (2004)

    Ségrégation Urbaine et Intégration Sociale, Fitoussi, Laurent and Maurice, eds., CAE report N°45 (French council of economic advisors to the Prime Minister), La Documentation Française, Paris, 171-187 (with L. Gobillon, text, buy this book).

  4. La mixité sociale : le point de vue des sciences économiques (2005)

   Informations Sociales, 125, 28-35 (text, buy this issue).

  5. Chômage et ségrégation urbaine (2005)

   Lettre du CREST, december (with L. Gobillon, text).

  6. Contre les ghettos : cibler les personnes et plus seulement les territoires (2006)

   Telos-eu Agence Intellectuelle, February 11, 2006 (text).

  7. Du bon usage des statistiques ethniques (2006)

   Telos-eu Agence Intellectuelle, March 15, 2006 (text).

  8. Urban unemployment in the Cape Metropolitan Area (2006)

   Poverty and Labour Markets in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Bhorat and Kanbur, eds., HSRC Press: Pretoria, Chapter 7, 262-287 (text, download the book, with S. Rospabé).