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Varying youth cohort effects on regional labour market outcomes in Germany
Graaff, Thomas de; Ozgen, Ceren; Roth, Duncan - 2018
We assess how changes in youth cohort sizes effect employment rates in German labour market regions. Replicating the … conventional approach, we estimate that a percentage increase in the youth share reduces regional employment rates by -0.2%. We … pressure on urban regional employment rates as a result of the projected decrease in the size of the German youth share. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947720
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Varying Youth Cohort Effects on Regional Labour Market Outcomes in Germany
de Graaff, Thomas; Ozgen, Ceren; Roth, Duncan - 2018
We assess how changes in youth cohort sizes effect employment rates in German labour market regions. Replicating the … conventional approach, we estimate that a percentage increase in the youth share reduces regional employment rates by −0.2%. We … pressure on urban regional employment rates as a result of the projected decrease in the size of the German youth share. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984492
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Inequality and Extremist Voting: Evidence from Germany
Dorn, Florian; Fuest, Clemens; Immel, Lea; Neumeier, Florian - 2018
This paper studies the impact of economic inequality on political polarization. Using a unique dataset covering different measures of regional income inequality as well as federal and state election outcomes at the county level in Germany, we investigate whether inequality influences the share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011892103
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Circular economy in Germany: A methodology to assess the circular economy performance of NUTS3 regions
Kruse, Mirko; Wedemeier, Jan - 2022
methodology consists of 26 indicators in seven dimensions, namely Policy, Innovation, Circular Employment, Consumption and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822339
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The impact of regional and demographic factors on the efficiency of German savings banks
Conrad, Alexander; Neuberger, Doris; Trigo Gamarra, Lucinda - 2009
This paper examines the influence of environmental factors on technical, cost, scale and revenue efficiency of German savings banks in 2001‐2005. Taking into account growing regional disparities in economic wealth and population size, it differentiates between declining and growing regions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941228
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Regional growth in Central Europe : long-term effects of population and traffic structure
Polasek, Wolfgang; Berrer, Helmut - 2005
population structure is considered. Similar scenarios can be also obtained for employment and population growth. The long … paradox ; GDP ; employment and population growth ; long-term forecasts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729670
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Policy induced innovation networks : the case of the German "Leading-Edge Cluster competition"
Cantner, Uwe; Graf, Holger; Hinzmann, Susanne - 2013
The last decades saw a pronounced shift in innovation policy in Germany and many other countries towards increased funding of cooperative R&D. Over the last years, competitions between regional initiatives pushed this trend even further by adding a regional perspective, by increasing the scope...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009702927
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Cross-border migration and travel : a virtuous relationship : international migration boosts travel and vice versa, bringing economic benefits but challenging public policy
Poot, Jacques - 2015
The ongoing relationships between emigrants and their families, friends, and business contacts in their home countries can increase outbound and inbound crossborder travel, while cross-border tourism and business and study trips can trigger migration. New communication technologies, such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011433801
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Does administrative status matter for urban growth? : evidence from present and former county capitals in East Germany
Heider, Bastian; Kauffmann, Albrecht; Rosenfeld, Martin … - 2016 - (This version: October 2016)
Public sector activities are often neglected in the economic approaches used to analyze the driving forces behind urban growth. The institutional status of a regional capital is a crucial aspect of public sector activities. This paper reports on a quasi-natural experiment on county towns in East...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547143
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The role of geographical proximity for project performance : evidence from the German "Leading-Edge Cluster Competition"
Cantner, Uwe; Graf, Holger; Hinzmann, Susanne - 2015
with a stronger focus on basic research. Moreover, geographical proximity and project satisfaction foster cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446102