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The determinants of local employment dynamics in Western Germany
Fuchs, Michaela - 2009
Betrieben, die Unterschiede zwischen Westdeutschland und Frankreich sind nur gering. -- Regional labor markets ; specialization …Im Zentrum dieses Artikels steht die Frage, wie sich die Art der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur auf die … für Frankreich von Combes/Magnac/Robin (2004) wird das Wachstum der Gesamtbeschäftigung unterteilt in internes Wachstum …
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Continuous-time modelling with spatial dependence
Oud, Johannes H. L.; Folmer, Henk; Patuelli, Roberto; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009720763
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Why Does the Effect of New Business Formation Differ Across Regions?
Fritsch, Michael - 2007
We investigate regional differences of the effect of new business formation on employment growth in West Germany. We find an inverse 'u'-shaped relationship between the level of start-up activity and employment change. The main variables that shape the employment effects of new businesses in a...
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Physical Capital Investment and Growth : Panel Data Evidence from European Regions
Sanso-Navarro, Marcos - 2016
This article empirically assesses the validity of alternative growth models at regional level. This is done by comparing the stochastic properties of physical capital investment and growth using a panel unit root test statistic that is robust to cross-sectional dependence of a spatial nature....
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The effect of migration on income convergence : meta-analytic evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Poot, Jacques; Nijkamp, Peter - 2009
Using meta-analytical techniques, we focus on 11 studies that explicitly measure the effect of a net migration variable in neoclassical convergence models and derive 57 comparable effect sizes. The data suggest that an increase in the net migration rate of one percentage point increases on...
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A spatial interpretation of the persistency of China's provincial inequality
Yu, Xiaofan - 2011
China's rapid economic growth in recent decades has not led to balanced income distribution: inter- and intra-provincial income inequality have been increasing and their respective contribution to the total income inequality remains relatively stable. Based on a new set of prefectural database...
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Income convergence, migration and geography : distribution analysis of regions in Norway
Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn Ekroll - 2010
Empirical evidence about income convergence among regions and countries is inconclusive and it is necessary to clarify the economic and institutional conditions for convergence. We investigate movements in the income distribution among regions in an integrated market with high mobility of labor,...
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Regional determinants of housing prices in the Czech Republic
Hlaváček, Michal; Kalabiska, Roman - 2020
This paper examines the behaviour of housing prices and identifies their determinants across Czech regions from 2000 to 2017. The effect of a wide range of variables on apartment prices is analyzed on quarterly data for all regions of the Czech Republic using panel dynamic OLS estimator....
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Many Types of Human Capital and Many Roles in U.S. Growth : Evidence from County-Level Educational Attainment Data
Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel; Higgins, Matthew John - 2015
We utilize county-level data to explore the roles of different types of human capital accumulation in U.S. growth determination. The data includes over 3,000 cross-sectional observations and 39 demographic control variables. The large number of observations provides enough degrees of freedom to...
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Productivity differences in the European Union : national, regional and spatial effects
Geppert, Kurt; Gornig, Martin; Stephan, Andreas - 2003
Using panel data on European regions and applying Analysis of Covariance, our study provides an empirical assessment of the relative importance of national, regional and spatial factors for explaining variations of productivity. Our analysis shows that initial economic conditions or...
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