In this paper, a set of neural network (NN) models is developed to compute short-term forecasts of regional employment … compares two NN methodologies. First, it uses NNs to forecast regional employment in both the former West and East Germany …. Each model implemented computes single estimates of employment growth rates for each German district, with a 2-year …

In analyzing the disparities of the regional developments in the volume of employment in Germany, in the recent … focuses on the importance of spatial dependencies using spatial autocorrelation in order to analyze regional employment … indicate that the exogenous variables’ spatial lag sufficiently explains the spatial autocorrelation of regional employment …

In analyzing the disparities of the regional developments in the volume of employment in Germany, in the recent … focuses on the importance of spatial dependencies using spatial autocorrelation in order to analyze regional employment … indicate that the exogenous variables' spatial lag sufficiently explains the spatial autocorrelation of regional employment …

The regional employment growth in Germany is characterized by huge disparities. Whereas institutional factors might … explain the disparities of employment growth between nations, they can only account for a minor fraction of the regional … employment growth. Instead the sectoral structure of employment is often seen as a major reason for regional disparities. An …