This paper empirically investigates the household's decision to reside and work either inthe central metropolitan area, or in the surrounding nonmetropolitan area, or to commutebetween the two regions. As economic theory suggests the location decisionamounts to trading off wages, housing costs,...

Using data on German and Swedish multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper analyzes determinants ofinternational location choice and the degree of substitutability of labor across locations. Countries with highly skilled labor forces strongly attract German but not necessarily Swedish MNEs....

The aim of the paper is to analyse differences in the labour force participation (LFP) between East and West German women. Using microcensus data in a binary choice model, we distinguish three main explanations for these differences: the skill composition, the regional labour market and...

Aufgrund des Auslaufens des Solidarpaktes II und der Verteilung der Strukturfördermittel der Europäischen Union werden die Fördermittel, die dem Freistaat Sachsen zur Verfügung stehen in Zukunft erheblich abschmelzen. Dieser Rückgang fällt für den Freistaat Sachsen in eine Periode starker...