Working papers

Matching, Centrality and the Urban Network, with M. Sidibé

Central cities attract skilled workers and are very large.

Peer Competition. Evidence from 5- to 95-Year-Olds, with J. de Sousa

Better clubmates help French chess players improve if and only if they do not dampen their participation.

Social Media and the Dynamics of Protests, with P. Boyer, G. Gauthier, Yves Le Yaouanq and V. Rollet

Social media help launch protest movements but may foster their radicalization. Theory and evidence from the Yellow Vests. Older version here. See also Blog IPP

The Volatility Advantages of Large Labor Markets, with M. Conte, I. Mejean and T. Michalski 

Volatile firms locate in large cities where operating is more expensive but hiring is faster.

Papers

Do Elections Affect Immigration? Evidence from French Municipalities, with G. Verdugo, Journal of Public Economics, 2023, 218, 104803

When a left-wing mayor is closely elected, the city attracts more immigrants in public housing.

Frictional Labour Mobility with M. Sidibé, Review of Economic Studies, 2019, 86, 4, pp.  1779–1826 

Mobility costs are much lower when we account for spatial search frictions.

Neighbor Discrimination: Theory and Evidence from the French Rental Market with P.-Ph. Combes, B. Decreuse and A. Trannoy, Journal of Urban Economics, 2018, 104, pp. 104-123

Customer discrimination in the rental market when landlords own several contiguous apartments. 

Can Tax Breaks Beat Geography? Lessons from the French Enterprise Zone Experience,  with A. Briant and M. Lafourcade, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7, 2, pp. 88-124

French enterprise zones only increased employment (wages) in accessible (isolated) neighborhoods.Older policy report in French

Other Publications (special issues, French, book, policy brief, etc.)

Why are Low-skilled Workers less Mobile? The Role of Mobility Costs and Spatial Frictions, with M. Sidibé and E. Vidal-Naquet, Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 142, pp. 283-304

Spatial job search frictions are much larger for low-skilled workers, unlike mobility costs.This paper was awarded the ADRES young paper award 2021.

Greener City Centers, Grayer Peripheries?, with L. Bou Sleiman and P. Crifo, Note IPP, 2021, 65

The impact of the downtown "Georges Pompidou" riverbank closure on the Parisian ring road traffic conditions.French version

From Guangzhou to Naples: French Exports of Plastic Waste, with J. Martin, I. Mejean and I. Picard, Note IPP, 2021, 64

The impact of China's plastic waste import ban on French exporters.French version 

L'Emploi et le Territoire, with F. Kramarz and T. Delemotte, Presses de Sciences Po, 2021

Literature review on spatial aspects of the labor market.see also Summary (in French) and Review (in Spanish)This book was awarded the AFSE Best Book Prize 2021/2022 (paperback)

The Origins of the "gilets jaunes" Movement, with P. Boyer, T. Delemotte, G. Gauthier and V. Rollet , Revue Economique, 2020, 71, 1, pp. 109-138

Geographic study of the first month of the Yellow Vest Movement.see also French version, Note IPP, op-ed in Le Monde and mockery in La Croix

Are Inclusionary Housing Programs Color-blind? The case of the Montgomery County MPDU Program with A. Diagne and H. Kurban, Journal of Housing Economics, 2018, 40, pp. 6-24

The MPDU program has been equally accessible to African-American applicants but location outcomes vary.

Spatial Sorting of African Immigrants in the French Public Housing Market, Review of Black Political Economy, 2015, 42, 3, pp. 247-270

African immigrants in public housing live in poorer neighborhoods.

Public Housing Quotas and Segregation, Urban Public Economics Review, 2013, 18, pp. 68-94 

Imposing public housing quotas may have adverse effects on segregation when housing supply is inelastic.

Residential Mobility and Unemployment of African Immigrants in France: a Calibration Approach with B. Decreuse, Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 107-108, pp. 51-91 

Differences in interregional mobility explain 15% of the conditional employment gap between African immigrants and natives in France.

Géographie du Chômage des Personnes d'Origine Africaine with L. Bouvard, P.-Ph. Combes, B. Decreuse, M. Laouénan and A. Trannoy, Revue Française d’Economie, 2009, 3, 23, pp. 4-106

African immigrants in France are more unemployed, less geographically mobile, and more often located in mid-sized cities. Older policy report in French