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New insights into the development of regional unemployment disparities
Werner, Daniel - 2013
over time. It examines the hypothesis of convergence for regional unemployment rates of western German Federal States and … the time period 1968 to 2009 following different concepts of convergence. Western German regional unemployment rates … exhibit ß-convergence but no 0-convergence. Further, regional unemployment rates show a high degree of intra …
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New insights into the development of regional unemployment disparities : conference paper
Werner, Daniel - 2014 - This version: 27th February 2014, Preliminary
over time. It examines the hypothesis of convergence for regional unemployment rates of western German Federal States and … the time period 1968 to 2009 following different concepts of convergence. Western German regional unemployment rates … exhibit beta-convergence but no sigma-convergence. Further, regional unemployment rates show a high degree of intra …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484764
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On the impact of labor market matching on regional disparities
Tharakan, Joe; Tropeano, Jean-Philippe - 2002
We propose a model where imperfect matching between firms and workers on local labor markets leads to spatial agglomeration. We show that the occurrence of spatial agglomeration depends on initial size differences in terms of both number of workers and firms. We analyse the effect of different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293897
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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002
The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295334
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New economic geography in Germany: Testing the Helpman-Hanson model
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Schramm, Marc - 2002
In this paper we find evidence that the new economic geography approach is able to describe and explain the spatial characteristics of an economy, in our case the German economy. Using German district data we estimate the structural parameters of a new economic geography model as developed by...
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Geographical Distribution of Unemployment: An Analysis of Provincial Differences in Italy
Cracolici, Maria Francesca; Cuffaro, Miranda; Nijkamp, Peter - 2007
Unemployment rates appear to vary widely at a subregional (e.g., local or provincial) level. Using spatial econometric models for spatial autocorrelation, this paper focuses attention on the spatial structure of regional unemployment disparities of Italian provinces. On the basis of findings...
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Does Land Use Planning shape Regional Economies?
Vermeulen, Wouter; van Ommeren, Jos - 2007
Why has job growth over the past decades been weaker in the Dutch Randstad area than in surrounding regions? In a simultaneous equations analysis, we find that employment adjusts to the regional supply of labour. Net internal migration is predominantly determined by regional housing supply and...
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Employment Status, Endogenous Regional Mobility, and Spatial Dependencies in Labor Markets
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - 2002
This paper investigates spatial correlation in the matching process of vacant jobs and job seekers. The importance of the interactions of regional labor markets in West Germany is highlighted in several dimensions. We test for spatial autocorrelation in regional hires, unemployment and vacancy...
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Identifying Functional Labour Market Areas in New Zealand: A Reconnaissance Study Using Travel-to-Work Data
Papps, Kerry L.; Newell, James O. - 2002
To date, analysis of the spatial dimension of New Zealand labour markets has been limited to administrative, rather than appropriately-defined functional, geographic units. This paper presents a preliminary classification of New Zealand into local labour market areas using area unit...
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Labor market pooling, outsourcing and labor contracts
Picard, Pierre M.; Wildasin, David E. - 2009
Economic regions, such as urban agglomerations, face external demand and price shocks that produce income risk. Workers in large and diversified agglomerations may benefit from reduced wage volatility, while firms may outsource the production of intermediate goods and realize benefits from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265995