In this paper, a set of neural network (NN) models is developed to compute short-term forecasts of regional employment … compares two NN methodologies. First, it uses NNs to forecast regional employment in both the former West and East Germany …. Each model implemented computes single estimates of employment growth rates for each German district, with a 2-year …

employment effects. The number of studies that informs on both effects is rather limited, but eight econometric analyses yielded … 130 useful meta-observations. We find that wage rigidity increases the magnitude of the employment impact on the native … born, particularly of those who are low skilled, following positive net immigration. The employment elasticity is also …

simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is … predominantly determined by regional housing supply and not by employment growth. Growth of the regional housing stock responds only …

between agglomeration externalities (specialization, diversity, and competition), accessibilty measures and the employment … growth of a particular industry on a particular site. We use data on employment growth of site-industries on 68 formal …

application concerns short-term forecasts of employment in 326 West German labour market regions. We find that the superimposed …