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Online Seminar on the Urban Economics “How the rise of teleworking will reshape labor markets and cities?”
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Prof. Jacques-François Thisse, Chief Senior Researcher of IDE-JETRO will give a lecture on his research of the impact of teleworking to the labor markets and cities.
Date
November 1, 2022, 15:00 - 16:20 (JST)
Topic
“How the rise of teleworking will reshape labor markets and cities?”
Lecturer
Jacques-François Thisse (Chief Senior Researcher, Inter-disciplinary Studies Department, IDE-JETRO / Professor Emeritus, Université catholique de Louvain)
Abstract
Motivated by empirical evidence, we propose a model of the monocentric city with heterogeneous workers and teleworking. We show that increased teleworking flattens the land-rent gradient and eventually moves skilled workers from the city center to the city’s periphery. Unskilled workers move from the local services sector into final goods and wage inequality between skilled and unskilled workers increases. Extending the model to two cities, teleworking increases housing prices in the less productive city relative to the more productive city, with implications for unskilled workers in both cities. Empirical evidence from housing prices in England are consistent with this result.
Venue
Online (Zoom Meeting)
Target / Capacity
Researchers, graduate students, and those who are interested in the topics
Capacity: 30 persons
Language
English
Participation Fee
Free
Organizer
Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
Contact:
Development and Inter-Disciplinary Studies Operation Division (T. Suzuki (Mr.) / H. Fukai (Mr.)
Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
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