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Testing the neoclassical migration model: overall and age-group specific results for German regions

Mitze, Timo; Reinkowski, Janina - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 43 (2011) 4, pp. 277-297

This paper tests the empirical validity of the neoclassical migration model in predicting German internal migration … flows. We estimate static and dynamic migration functions for 97 Spatial Planning Regions between 1996 and 2006 using key … emphasizes the prominent role played by labor market conditions in determining internal migration rates of the working population …

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Agglomeration effects on labour demand

Blien, Uwe; Kirchhof, Kai; Ludewig, Oliver - 2006

How do agglomeration effects influence the demand for labour? To answer this question, approaches on labour demand are linked with an analysis of the classic 'urbanization effect'. We use models for static and for dynamic labour demand to find out, whether agglomerations develop faster or slower...

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Spatial inequalities in Latin America: Mapping aggregate to micro-level disparities

Gómez-Lobo, Andrés; Oviedo, Daniel - 2023

We examine three dimensions of spatial inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): between rural and urban areas (rural-urban divide), between large and small cities (metropolitan bias or centralization) and within metropolitan areas (urban segregation). As a first approach, we use...

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Sin City?

Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2007

Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? Weinvestigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners bymoving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danishcouples. We find that of the couples who married in the...

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Sin city?

Gautier, Pieter A.; Svarer, Michael; Teulings, Coen N. - 2007

Is moving to the countryside a credible commitment device for couples? We investigate whether lowering the arrival rate of potential alternative partners by moving to a less populated area lowers the dissolution risk for a sample of Danish couples. We find that of the couples who married in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268301

Is there a gap in the gap? Regional differences in the gender pay gap

Hirsch, Boris; König, Marion; Möller, Joachim - 2009

In this paper, we investigate regional differences in the gender pay gap both theoretically and empirically. Within a spatial oligopsony model, we show that more densely populated labour markets are more competitive and constrain employers' ability to discriminate against women. Utilising a...

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Breitbandversorgung und Digitalisierung des Handwerks im ländlichen Raum

Bischoff, Thore Sören; Thonipara, Anita; Proeger, Till; … - 2022

von Digitalisierungsunterschieden zwischen Stadt und Land ansehen. Gleichzeitig zeigen Interviews mit Betrieben und …

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Testing the 'Residential Rootedness': Hypothesis of Self-Employment for Germany and the UK

Reuschke, Darja; Ham, Maarten Van - 2011

exit from selfemployment are associated with internal migration. …

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Self-Employment and Geographical Mobility in Germany

Reuschke, Darja - 2011

Little is known about the individual location behaviour of self-employed entrepreneurs. This paper investigates the geographical mobility behaviour of self-employed entrepreneurs, as compared to employees, thereby shedding new light onto the place embeddedness of self-employment. It examines...

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Why Do People Still Live in East Germany?

Hunt, Jennifer - 2000

able to explain the downward trend in east to west migration using wage and unemployment information. Convergence in hourly …

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