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Economics for everybody : Cities and social cohesion by Camille Hémet
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She explains how, as an economist, it is possible to “quantify” this social cohesion. She is interested in indicators such as crime or delinquency in cities, at a time when 80% of the world’s population lives there.
Camille Hémet is professor at the Paris School of Economics and at the university Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her research in urban economics is particularly interested in local social interactions (in cities or within the neighbourhood of residence): how does the urban environment (city, neighbourhood, infrastructure…) shape them? What are their economic impacts (employment, education…)?