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Regional equilibrium unemployment theory at the age of the internet
Lutgen, Vanessa; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2015
This paper studies equilibrium unemployment in a two-region economy with matching frictions, where workers and jobs are free to move and wages are bargained over. Job-seekers choose between searching locally or searching in both regions. Search-matching externalities are amplified by the latter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515473
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Quality of life in a dynamic spatial model
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Bald, Fabian; Roth, Duncan; … - 2020
We develop a dynamic spatial model in which heterogeneous workers are imperfectly mobile and forward-looking and yet all structural fundamentals can be inverted without assuming that the economy is in a stationary spatial equilibrium. Exploiting this novel feature of the model, we show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388100
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The impact of public employment : evidence from Bonn
Becker, Sascha O.; Heblich, Stephan; Sturm, Daniel - 2018
This paper evaluates the impact of public employment on private sector activity using the relocation of the German federal government from Berlin to Bonn in the wake of the Second World War as a source of exogenous variation. To guide our empirical analysis, we develop a simple economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011782110
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Cognitive uncertainty in intertemporal choice
Enke, Benjamin; Graeber, Thomas Wilhelm - 2021
when a decision is complex, they implicitly treat different time delays to some degree alike. By experimentally measuring … when the decision environment is more complex. Third, cognitive uncertainty matters for choice architecture: people who are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697938
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Explaining spatial variation in homeownership rates : results for German regions
Lerbs, Oliver; Oberst, Christian - 2011
disparities in homeownership rates between eastern and western Germany as well as between rural, urbanized and agglomerated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011208
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No place like home? : graduate migration in Germany
Haussen, Tina; Übelmesser, Silke - 2015
We empirically analyze sub-national migration of graduates in Germany and its determinants. Based on a longitudinal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343053
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Explaining spatial patterns of foreign employment in Germany
Lehmann, Robert; Nagl, Wolfgang - 2017 - This version: February 12, 2017
This paper investigates the main determinants of the regional representation of foreign employees in Germany. Since … for total foreign employment but also for the 35 most important migration countries to Germany. Based on a total census … for all 402 districts in Germany, we find a large heterogeneity in migration determinants between nationalities. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011611136
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New region, new chances : does moving regionally for university shape later job mobility?
Ehrenfried, Felix; Fackler, Thomas; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013364914
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How do migrants choose their destination country? : an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Übelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
micro-data for France, Germany, the UK and the US, we study their decisions to migrate to one of the four countries using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805994
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Minority positions in the German council of economic experts : a political economic analysis
Potrafke, Niklas - 2013
political appointment influences voting behavior. -- decision making in committees ; minority voting ; policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009732996