Yves Zenou

Research Fellow

Monash University

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Yves Zenou, Ph.D., is a Professor of Economics and holds the Richard Snape Chair in Business and Economics at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). 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 Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London) and the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA, Bonn). He is also a visiting professor at the University of Southampton.
He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (class for social sciences), SAET Economic Theory Fellow, Fellow of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and Fellow of the Regional Science Association International.
He is currently Associate Editor at Games and Economic Behavior, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, IZA Journal of Migration, and Annals of Economics and Statistics.
He has published his research in different journals such as Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Theoretical Economics, Quantitative Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Urban Economics, and Regional Science and Urban Economics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in October 1999.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4517
Oppositional Identities and Employment for Ethnic Minorities: Evidence from England
Harminder Battu, Yves Zenou
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 524 (120), F52 - F71
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4122
Delinquent Networks
Coralio Ballester, Antoni Calvó-Armengol, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2010, 8 (1), 34-61
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3859
Peer Effects and Social Networks in Education
Antoni Calvó-Armengol, Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2009, 76, 1239-1267
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3814
Car Ownership and the Labor Market of Ethnic Minorities
Pieter A. Gautier, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2010, 67 (3), 392-403.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3339
Search, Wage Posting, and Urban Spatial Structure
Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2011, 11 (3), 387 - 416
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3331
Ethnic Networks and Employment Outcomes
Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
published online in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42, 938-949.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3283
Social Interactions and Labor Market Outcomes in Cities
Yves Zenou
revised version published as 'A Dynamic Model of Weak and Strong Ties in the Labor Market' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33 (4), 891-932
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3006
Are Muslim Immigrants Different in Terms of Cultural Integration?
Alberto Bisin, Eleonora Patacchini, Thierry Verdier, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2008, 6 (2-3), 445 - 456
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2739
High Relocation Costs in Search-Matching Models: Theory and Application to Spatial Mismatch
Yves Zenou
published in: Labour Economics, 2009, 16 (5), 534-546
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2695
Endogenous Job Destruction and Job Matching in Cities
Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2009, 65 (3), 323-336
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2613
The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain
Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
published in: Economics Letters, 2009, 102, 49-52
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2608
Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighborhood Quality and/or Parents’ Involvement?
Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
published as 'Neighborhood Effects and Parental Involvement in the Intergenerational Transmission of Education' in: Journal of Regional Science, 2011, 51 (5), 987 - 1013
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2601
Are Shirking and Leisure Substitutable? An Empirical Test of Efficiency Wages Based on Urban Economic Theory
Stephen L. Ross, Yves Zenou
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2008, 38, 498-517
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2051
How Important Is Access to Jobs? Old Question – Improved Answer
Olof Aslund, John Östh, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Economic Geography, 2010, 10(3), 389-422
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2046
Racial Identity and Education
Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
published in: Social Networks, 2016, 44, 85-94.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1880
Cultural Transmission and Discrimination
Maria Saez-Marti, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, 72 (2-3), 137-146
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1861
The Todaro Paradox Revisited
Yves Zenou
revised version published as 'Rural-Urban Migration and Unemployment: Theory and Policy Implications' in: Journal of Regional Science, 2011, 51 (1), 65 - 82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1852
Oppositional Identities and the Labor Market
Harminder Battu, McDonald Mwale, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2007, 20 (3), 643 - 667
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1465
Equilibrium Search Unemployment with Explicit Spatial Frictions
Etienne Wasmer, Yves Zenou
published in: Labour Economics, 2006, 13 (2), 143-165
IZA Discussion Paper No. 928
Does City Structure Affect the Labor Market Outcomes of Black Workers?
Harris Selod, Yves Zenou
published in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2013, 74, 113-132.
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