In the literature on the economics of demographic change so far the regional and neighbourhood-level consequences were out of the main focus. Yet, regional migration accentuates diversity in the progress of ageing. In fact, while households are known to "vote with their feet" when they choose a...

In many European countries the number of employees hired via temporary work agencies has increased considerably over the past two decades, up to around 2% of the total workforce in the European Union today. Different studies have found the demand for agency employment to precede GDP growth. This...

Among the highly developed countries, demographic ageing is particularly advanced in Germany. Accentuated by migration, there is great regional variation in the progress of demographic change. Within urban areas, residential neighbourhoods differ considerably in their demographic composition and...

In Agglomerationsräumen ist typischerweise eine ökonomisch-demographische Differenzierung in relativ homogene, voneinander sehr verschiedene Teilgebiete zu beobachten. Die in der Raumforschung als "Segregation" bezeichnete "Entmischung", z.B. die Ballung von Dienstleistungsfunktionen in den...

Im Zuge der Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt gewinnt das lebenslange Lernen bzw. die Weiterbildung aufgrund veränderter Anforderungen an berufliche Tätigkeiten an Bedeutung. Der Beitrag geht auf Basis des deutschen Mikrozensus der Frage nach, inwieweit die individuellen Chancen zur Teilnahme an...