that had been characterized for many years by high unemployment and declining employment. Beginning in 2005, however, the … young and smaller cohorts has affected the declining unemployment rate in East Germany. This paper tackles the question of … the ties between demography and unemployment in East Germany and to this end draws on the concepts of the cohort crowding …

youth unemployment in Europe? Economic theory predicts that in the absence of perfectly competitive labour markets, changes … in the relative size of age groups will cause changes in age-specific unemployment rates. In light of the expected … areas of low unemployment, the empirical analysis employs an instrumental variables estimator to identify the causal effect …

, adaptation may be impossible and shock will persist. This took place in early 1990es in the former USSR, where after transition …

same city. This local multiplier effect increases with the unemployment rate, as the labour market becomes more elastic … economic policy, as they suggest that cities with a high unemployment rate will be most successful at increasing local … jobs in the tradable sector can be especially effective in low growth regions with high unemployment because this will …

investment. Peripheral areas are characterized by features such as: high unemployment, relatively impoverished populations, and … inhabitants (for measuring the level of tourism development), ­ - unemployment rate, ­ - population of the biggest settlement …

sector, the unemployment rate in a region and whether it is urban or rural. An accurate estimate of the size of the local …

influencing the transition between industrial and post-industrial periods; and she elaborately introduces its economic-social and …