In this paper we study the dynamics of local employment growth in West Germany from 1980 to 2001. Using dynamic panel … local industries. Diversity has a positive effect on employment growth in the short run, which is stronger in manufacturing … manufacturing. Additionally, we look at the impact of firm size and regional wages on local employment growth …

of the paper, the focus will be moved to the possible consequences of this road to catching-up in terms of employment and …

persistent employment and wage losses in regions where such occupations decline the most. Regional and occupational mobility …

We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our … population and employment growth, but no significant impact on nonmetropolitan counties. In contrast, the fragmentation of … general-purpose governments per capita has a negative impact on employment and population growth in nonmetropolitan counties …

We analyze how globalization has affected the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in Germany over the period 1978 …

have significantly higher non-employment rates than high productivity provinces, because employers cannot lower wages …, while in Germany the relationship between non-employment and productivity is significantly weaker. In Italy, the … has significant costs in terms of forgone aggregate earnings and employment because it generates a spatial equilibrium …

differs across regions in line with changes in the patterns of intersectoral linkages, (3) the elasticity of employment in … other sectors with respect to the change in employment in mining closely follows the regional patterns of intersectoral … and average firm-level employment in sectors (such as heavy manufacturing) that largely depend on mining for intermediate …