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Convergence and the effects of spatial interaction

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic … scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide additional information on the spatial aspect of convergence. Spatial … econometric methods are used to investigate regional convergence in West Germany. The results indicate that spatial interaction is …

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Threshold effects and regional economic growth e Evidence from West Germany

Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002

We study an overlapping generations model of human capital accumulation with threshold effects using regional data for West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on what makes German regions grow. The paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a trimodal...

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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002

The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...

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Convergence and the effects of spatial interaction : this discussion paper is part of the HWWA's research programme "European integration and spatial development"

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000 - rev. vers.: March 2001

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Räumliche Wachstumszusammenhänge - empirische Befunde für Deutschland

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

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Spatial R&D spillovers and economic growth : evidence from West Germany

Funke, Michael - 2000

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Spatial R&D spillovers and economic growth: Evidence from West Germany

Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

The paper bases itself on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that empha-size the effects of both own R&D efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions´ productivity. We propose robust estimation techniques to evaluate the R&D spillovers across West German functional...

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Räumliche Wachstumszusammenhänge – Empirische Befunde für Deutschland

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit Wachstumsabhängigkeiten zwischen räumlich benachbarten Gebieten in Westdeutschland im Zeitraum von 1976 bis 1996. Die Hypothese für derartige Wachstumsabhängigkeiten leitet sich aus der räumlichen Dimension von Mechanismen ab, denen ein...

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The determinants of regional disparities in skill segregation : evidence from a cross section of German regions

Schlitte, Frisco; Böttcher, Fabian; Niebuhr, Annekatrin; … - 2010

Increasing inequality in qualification specific employment prospects characterises labour markets in most highly developed countries. Theoretical models suggest that in-plant skill segregation might matter for the polarisation of employment and wages. According to these models production...

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