Regional Disparities in Transition Economies: A Typology for East Germany and Poland
This article uses cluster analysis to construct a typology of regions for East Germany and Poland on the basis of indicators for economic capability and their determinants. The results show that, in both countries, the most capable regions are those with or in the vicinity of the largest agglomerations. Besides high income, low unemployment and population gains from migration, these regions have comparatively large stocks of qualified labour and participate in technical progress. Two regional types in particular could be established as problematic: (1) rural regions peripheral to the agglomerations and (2) old industrialised regions. Indicators of investment are not very well suited to indicating the future economic capability of regions under the circumstances of transformation.
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2001
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Authors: | Barjak, Franz |
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Post-Communist Economies. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1463-1377. - Vol. 13.2001, 3, p. 289-311
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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