Some rural regions in Western Germany have experienced a very positive economic development in terms of employment and incomes in the past decade. This development, however, is in sharp contrast to the the enduring economic lag of many rural regions in Eastern Germany. This paper seeks to find...

Ungleichverteilungen von Wohlstand und Armut treten nicht nur im internationalen, sondern auch innerhalb einzelner Länder im interregionalen Vergleich auf. Innerhalb der einzelnen Länder zeigt sich zudem oftmals eine Konzentration der absolut armen Menschen auf einzelne Regionen. Dieses...

In this paper we estimate the impact of transition on earnings inequality using data across Polish regions 1994-1997. Our central result is that earnings inequality is higher in regions that are more advanced in restructuring (higher labour productivity/job reallocation rates), controlling for...