We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" - China and Eastern Europe … sector in Germany. We also conduct our analysis at the individual worker level, and find that trade had a stabilizing overall … ; employment ; China ; Eastern Europe ; Germany …

In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel … than in services. Concerning specialization we find evidence for mean reversion, which is inconsistent with the idea that …

This paper analyses the impact of dynamic MAR- and Jacobs-externalities on local employment growth in Germany between … Combes (2000) on local employment growth in France and find very similar results for Germany. Afterwards we formulate an …

. They are not driven by manufacturing workers who smoothly switch to services. The observed shifts are entirely due to young … manufacturing decline in Germany. It even retained those jobs in the economy. …