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来源

来源 JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.91,P.26-44

语言

英文

关键字

Spatial mismatch;Commuting;Urban unemployment;Externality;J64;R13;R23

作者单位

CRED (TEPP) University Panthéon-Assas Paris 2, France;IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium;FNRS and IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium;CRED (TEPP) University Panthéon-Assas Paris 2, France;IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium;FNRS and IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium

摘要

This article examines unemployment disparities and efficiency in a duocentric city where workers are non-uniformly distributed between the two job centers. We introduce commuting costs and search-matching frictions to deal with the spatial mismatch between workers and firms. In a decentralized economy job-seekers do not internalize a composition externality they impose on all the unemployed. With symmetric job centers, a change in the distribution of the workforce can lead to asymmetric equilibrium outcomes. We calibrate the model for Los Angeles and Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Simulations suggest that changes in the workforce distribution have non-negligible effects on unemployment rates, wages, and net output, but cannot be the unique explanation of a substantial mismatch problem.