According to national accounts data, value added per worker is much higher in the non-agricultural sector than in agriculture in the typical country, and particularly so in developing countries. Taken at face value, this "agricultural productivity gap" suggests that labor is greatly misallocated...

This paper analyses labour market reactions of three representative German federal states to economic and policy-induced shocks. The magnitude of the reactions of the states to an equally strong shock on labour demand, labour supply and unemployment are observed. Differences in the structural...

The analysis of regional differences in a share of service sector in employment was conducted in the study. The aim of research was to identify the most im-portant intra-sectoral determinants of labour engagement in the service sector at a level of voivodeships. Statistical methods such as...

This paper illustrates the main regional differences of Italian poverty and presents an;econometric analysis of the key determinants of poverty risk for the period from 1992 to 2008. The results show that an increase by 1% in the unemployment rate and a lower level of education raise the risk of...

The income poverty of a household does not only depend upon its income but it also depends upon its capability to develop suitable functionings and infrastructure, both physical and soft, plays a vital role in it. Another important factor in poverty reduction programme is the generation and...

(Spatial) panel data are routinely modelled in discrete time (DT). However, there are compelling arguments for continuous time (CT) modelling of (spatial) panel data. Particularly, most social processes evolve in CT, so that statistical analysis in DT is an oversimplification, gives an...

"We forecast unemployment for the 176 German labour-market districts on a monthly basis. Because of their small size, strong spatial interdependencies exist between these regional units. To account for these as well as for the heterogeneity in the regional development over time, we apply...

The analysis of regional differences in a share of service sector in employment was conducted in the study. The aim of research was to identify the most im-portant intra-sectoral determinants of labour engagement in the service sector at a level of voivodeships. Statistical methods such as...

This paper analyzes patterns of regional labour market development in Germany over the period 2000-2003 by means of a spatial-dependence continuous-time model. (Spatial) panel data are routinely modelled in discrete time. However, there are compelling arguments for continuous time modelling of...

This discussion paper led to an article in <I>Geographical Analysis</I> (2012). Volume 44, issue 1, pages 29-46.<P> (Spatial) panel data are routinely modelled in discrete time (DT). However, there are compelling arguments for continuous time (CT) modelling of (spatial) panel data. Particularly, most...</p></i>