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A retrospective study on the regional benefits and spillover effects of high-speed broadband networks : evidence from German counties

Briglauer, Wolfgang; Dürr, Niklas S.; Gugler, Klaus - 2019 - This version: May 2019

There is still hardly any empirical evidence on how divergent broadband technologies, and, by extension, bandwidth levels, influence GDP growth, or on the extent of spatial externalities at a regional level. Our study aims to assess the economic benefits of high-speed broadband networks within...

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Specialization, diversity, competition and their impact on local economic growth in Germany

Illy, Annette; Schwartz, Michael; Hornych, Christoph; … - 2010

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Regional convergence and economic performance : a case study of the West German Laender

Buscher, Herbert S. - 1999

In the paper we analyze the convergence process of the West German Laender from 1970 to 1995 using descriptive tools as … convergence was insufficient in the sense that no gains have been achieved with respect to a stronger harmonization of the …

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Abgrenzung deutscher Arbeitsmarktregionen

Eckey, Hans-Friedrich; Kosfeld, Reinhold; Türck, Matthias - 2006

Functional delineated labour market regions are needed for regional economic analyses. In dependence of the definition of regions economic regions in space can be seen as rich or poor areas. In addition to this statistical and econometric reasons argue for using functional labour market regions....

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Anmerkung zur Identifikation von Förderregionen in der "Gemeinschaftsaufgabe"

Eckey, Hans-Friedrich (contributor); … - 2007

The indicators get different weights, when they are summarised to one figure. This weighting scheme is problematic for different reasons. On the one hand, the used transformations of the variables are non-permissible. On the other hand, the weighting of the indicators is not meaningful, because...

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Abgrenzung deutscher Arbeitsmarktregionen

Eckey, Hans-Friedrich (contributor); … - 2006

Functional delineated labour market regions are needed for regional economic analyses. In dependence of the definition of regions economic regions in space can be seen as "rich" or "poor" areas. In addition to this statistical and econometric reasons argue for using functional labour market...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003299450

Regional convergence in Germany : a geographically weighted regression approach

Eckey, Hans-Friedrich (contributor); … - 2005

The convergence of German regions represents a politically explosive question. Different studies examined convergence … processes of Germany. We derive equations to estimate the convergence speed on basis of a Solow model, to which human capital is … added. The geographically weighted regression permits a detailed analysis of convergence processes, which has not been …

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Regional structural change and the effects of job loss

Arntz, Melanie; Ivanov, Boris; Pohlan, Laura - 2022

Routine-intensive occupations have been declining in many countries, but how does this affect individual workers’ careers if this decline is particularly severe in their local labor market? This paper uses administrative data from Germany and a matched difference-in-differences approach to...

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Knowledge-intensive employment growth in the Dutch Randstad and the German Rhine-Ruhr area: the impact of centrality and peripherality

Kronenberg, Kristin; Volgmann, Kati - European Regional Science Association - 2013

This paper investigates to what extent the different subsectors of the knowledge economy are subject to sector-specific spatial patterns of employment dynamics, and whether these patterns are conditional upon the general economic climate in a particular region. To this end, we analyze and...

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Does Connectivity Impact Innovation Performance in Rural Regions?

Wassmann, Pia; Schiller, Daniel; Thomsen, Stephan - European Regional Science Association - 2014

There is a broad consensus in the literature in that R&D is a precondition for innovation and in turn, for economic growth. On the regional level, this implies that regions with a high stock of R&D should reveal better results when it comes to economic performance. This presumption has lead...

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