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Agglomeration, Spatial Interaction and Convergence in the EU
Bräuninger, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005
We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985102
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Agglomeration, Spatial Interaction and Convergence in the EU
Brauninger, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2005
We investigate the convergence process among EU regions between 1980-2002 taking into account the effects of spatial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005320486
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Convergence and the effects of spatial interaction
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957433
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Spatial Dependence of Regional Unemployment in the European Union
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004989421
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Convergence and the Effects of Spatial Interaction
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005468551
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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985032
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The Phantom of the Opera: Cultural Amenities, Human Capital, and Regional Economic Growth
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2010
We analyze the extent to which endogenous cultural amenities affect the spatial equilibriumshare of high-human-capital employees. To overcome endogeneity, we draw on a quasinaturalexperiment in German history and exploit the exogenous spatial distribution ofbaroque opera houses built as a part...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013220
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Spatial structural change - evidence and prospects
Bade, Franz-Josef; Niebuhr, Annekatrin; Schönert, Matthias - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2000
Main topics of the following analysis are the development of spatial structure and the question whether the economic disparities between agglomerations and peripheral areas will con- or diverge. Frequently, economic disparities are measured by per capita i ncome. Because of the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010984995
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Threshold effects and regional economic growth - evidence from West Germany
Funke, Michael; Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 2001
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 the growth of West German regions. The paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985021
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Räumliche Wachstumszusammenhänge - empirische Befunde für Deutschland
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - HWWA Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985047