Yves Zenou

Research Fellow

Monash University

yves.zenou@monash.edu

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Research Interests

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. 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.