Yves Zenou is professor of economics at Stockholm University and at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics. He is currently (academic year 2009-2010) a visiting professor at the department of economics at the University of California, Berkeley.  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.

Selected Publications

Yves Zenou (2009), Urban Labor Economics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

 Here are links to some reviews of the book: in Regional Science and Urban Economics [PDF], Journal of Regional Science [PDF], in Economica [PDF]

Ballester, C., Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2006), « Who's who in networks. Wanted: the key player », Econometrica, 74, 1403-1417.

Calvó-Armengol, A., Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2009), « Peer effects and social networks in education », Review of Economic Studies, 76, 1239-1267. Published Version [PDF] Longer Version [PDF]

Smith, T.E. and Y. Zenou (1997), « Dual labor markets, urban unemployment and multicentric cities", Journal of Economic Theory, 76, 185-214.

Ballester, C., Calvó-Armengol, A. and Y. Zenou (2010), « Delinquent networks », Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming. Published Version [PDF] Longer Version [PDF]

P. Gautier and Y. Zenou (2010), « Car ownership and the labor market of ethnic minorities », Journal of Urban Economics, forthcoming. [PDF] NEW 

Patacchini, E. and Y. Zenou (2010), « Juvenile deliquency and conformism », Journal of the Law, Economics, and Organization, forthcoming. [PDF] NEW

Zenou, Y. (2010), « Search, wage posting, and urban spatial structure », Journal of Economic Geography, forthcoming. [PDF] NEW

Battu, H. and Y. Zenou (2010), « Oppositional identities and employment for ethnic minorities. Evidence from England », Economic Journal, forthcoming. [PDF] NEW

Verdier, T. and Y. Zenou (2004), « Racial beliefs, location and the causes of crime », International Economic Review, 45, 731-760.

Zenou, Y. (2000), « Urban unemployment, agglomeration and transportation policies », Journal of Public Economics, 77, 97-133.

Selod, H. and Y. Zenou (2006), « City-Structure, Job Search, and Labor Discrimination. Theory and Policy Implications ». Economic Journal, 116, 1057-1087. 

Brueckner, J.K. and Y. Zenou (2003), « Space and unemployment: The labor-market effects of spatial mismatch », Journal of Labor Economics, 21, 242-266.

Y. Zenou (2009), « Search in cities », European Economic Review, 53, 607-624. 

Y. Zenou (2009), « Endogenous job destruction and job matching in cities », Journal of Urban Economics, 65, 323-336.

Zenou, Y. (2008), « Job search and mobility in developing countries. Theory and policy implications », Journal of Development Economics, 86, 336-355. 

Zenou, Y. (2003), « The spatial aspects of crime », Journal of the European Economic Association, 1, 459-467.  

For a complete list of publications see [PDF]