Recent theoretical work has examined the spatial distribution of unemployment using theefficiency wage model as the … mechanism by which unemployment arises in the urbaneconomy. This paper extends the standard efficiency wage model in order to …

unemployment rate and the reservation productivity are lower and the job-creation rate is higher because the urban space through …

The Todaro Paradox states that policies aimed at reducing urban unemployment are bound to backfire: they will raise … rather than reduce urban unemployment. The aim of this paper is to reexamine this paradox in the context of efficiency wage … and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy that consists in decreasing the urban unemployment benefit. In an …

We develop a regional model where, in the city, unemployment prevails because of too high (efficiency) wages, while, in … that it is unique. We then consider two policies: decreasing urban unemployment benefits and subsidizing urban employment …. We find that decreasing the unemployment benefit in the city creates urban jobs and reduces rural-urban migration since …

The Todaro Paradox states that policies aimed at reducing urban unemployment are bound to backfire: they will raise … rather than reduce urban unemployment. The aim of this paper is to reexamine this paradox in the context of efficiency wage … and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy that consists in decreasing the urban unemployment benefit. In an …

The Todaro Paradox states that policies aimed at reducing urban unemployment are bound to backfire: they will raise … rather than reduce urban unemployment. The aim of this paper is to reexamine this paradox in the context of efficiency wage … and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy that consists in decreasing the urban unemployment benefit. In an …

unemployment benefits lead to more job destruction. …

The Todaro Paradox states that policies aimed at reducing urban unemployment are bound to backfire: they will raise … rather than reduce urban unemployment. The aim of this paper is to reexamine this paradox in the context of efficiency wage … and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy that consists in decreasing the urban unemployment benefit. In an …

unemployment benefits lead to more job destruction. …

The Todaro Paradox states that policies aimed at reducing urban unemployment are bound to backfire: they will raise … rather than reduce urban unemployment. The aim of this paper is to re-examine this paradox in the context of efficiency wage … and search-matching models. For that, we study a policy that consists in decreasing the urban unemployment benefit. In an …