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Residential segregation and unemployment : the case of Brussels

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Dujardin, Claire [UCL] Selod, Harris [] Thomas, Isabelle [UCL]

This paper investigates the causal effects of the spatial organization of Brussels on unemployment propensities. Using 1991 Census data, we estimate the unemployment probability of young adults while taking into account personal, household and neighborhood characteristics. We solve the endogeneity of residential locations by restricting our sample to young adults residing with their parents, and evaluate the potential remaining bias by conducting a sensitivity analysis. Our results suggest that the neighborhood of residence significantly increases a youngster probability of being unemployed, a result which is quite robust to the presence of both observed and unobserved parental covariates.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2008
Language Anglais
Journal information "Urban Studies" - Vol. 45, no. 1, p. 89-113 (Janvier 2008)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd. (London, United Kingdom)
issn 0042-0980
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - EUEN/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Département d'Économie et Sociologie Rurales
UCL - EUEN/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics
Keywords Neighborhood effects ; Residential segregation ; Endogeneity bias ; Sensitivity analysis
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Bibliographic reference Dujardin, Claire ; Selod, Harris ; Thomas, Isabelle. Residential segregation and unemployment : the case of Brussels. In: Urban Studies, Vol. 45, no. 1, p. 89-113 (Janvier 2008)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/23289