This article analyses the evolution of employment rates by sector in Germany, in comparison with the European Union … averages. We explain the main causes of the differences of employment rates among regions, the inter-relation between the … evolution of employment and the spatial distribution of population, bearing in mind the inter-relation between industry and …

entrepreneurial and innovation activity is well documented. On the other hand, their influence on regional employment growth is less … and employees in research institutes and the growth of employment in a region. The analysis is done for nine industries … separately. We find that university graduates have a significant influence on employment growth in several industries, while an …

evolution of regional employment disparities. Therefore, this paper investigates the hypothesis of convergence for the total … employment rate and skill-specific employment rates of West German regional planning units for the time period 1989 to 2008. This … results indicate for stochastic convergence in the case of total and high-skilled employment rates whereas the hypothesis of …