The economists’ response, which focuses only on the financial sphere, is rather counter-intuitive. 181369814/Seventyfour – stock.adobe.com
DECRYPTION – According to a study by France Strategy, the inhabitants of the outskirts of cities have a standard of living rather higher than those of the centers.
Following the movement of “yellow vests”, economists from France Strategy, a think-tank attached to Matignon, looked into this famous “peripheral France”, so well described by sociologists, in order to try to measure possible territorial inequalities. . Their work, summarized in two studies – Left overs and territories And Housing and transport expenses: what trade-offs? -, were made public on Thursday.
The two texts thus answer a fundamental question: to what extent does the place of residence affect the purchasing power of households? In short, do the “yellow vests” really, because of their distance from urban centers, have a tougher life than other French people. The economists’ response, which focuses only on the financial sphere, is rather counter-intuitive.
The most modest households live more often in the center of urban areas, or, conversely, in the municipalities farthest from employment areas
With similar resources and family configuration, households devote fairly similar amounts from one territory to another to their transportation and housing expenses. Clear…
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