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The role of labor market structure in urban sprawl

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In this article, I construct and calibrate a tractable search and matching model in which the residential density of workers is endogenous. Using this new framework, I demonstrate that labor market structure generates significant urban sprawl. I identify the fact that firms compensate workers for their spatial costs as the major cause of this large inefficiency. Next, I underline that optimality can be restored if the government implements an employee commuter-benefit program. Finally, I demonstrate that these results are robust to the inclusion of other features such as various job centers, wage settings, calibrations, preferences and social welfare functions.
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hal-02447281 , version 1 (21-01-2020)

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Vincent Boitier. The role of labor market structure in urban sprawl. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2018, 73, pp.83-98. ⟨10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2018.06.003⟩. ⟨hal-02447281⟩

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