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This paper provides a new data set of regional income inequalities within countries based on satellite nighttime light data. We first empirically study the relationship between luminosity data and regional incomes for those countries where regional income data are available. We subsequently use...
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whether there is convergence in monetary transmission. The countries included are: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the …
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West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on what makes German regions grow. The paper finds that the relative income …, here West Germany, shows that the model might help to explain regional growth patterns. …
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The objective of this paper is to address the question of convergence across German districts in the first decade after German unification by drawing out and emphasising some stylised facts of regional per capita income dynamics. We achieve this by employing non-parametric techniques which focus...
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A political miracle occurred when Germany was reunited, and at first glance an economic miracle has followed. Real … west Germany. Excessively high wages coupled with investment incentives that made the cost of capital negative rank high …
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The paper sets up a two-region endogenous growth model to discuss growth and regional convergence of unified Germany … consistent with the data on government spending in East and West Germany after unification the model suggests that East Germany … will reach eighty percent of West Germany's income per capita between 20 and 30 years after unification and that actual …
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disparities in homeownership rates between eastern and western Germany as well as between rural, urbanized and agglomerated …
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We empirically analyze sub-national migration of graduates in Germany and its determinants. Based on a longitudinal …
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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 …
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