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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. …

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European trade integration in the Baltic Sea Region - A gravity model based analysis

Paas, Tiiu; Tafenau, Egle - 2005

The paper explores regional trade integration of the countries involved in the EU eastward enlargement (EU-25) processes distinguishing the possible regional trade clusters within EU-25 that may support integration of the EU-15 and the new member states. We examine whether the gravity equation...

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Regional effects of terrorism on tourism: Evidence from three Mediterranean countries

Drakos, Konstantinos; Kutan, Ali M. - 2001

A consumer-choice model developed by Enders, Sandler and Parise (1992) is utilized to study the regional effects of terrorism on competitors’ market shares in tourism sector where involved countries enjoy significant tourism activities but are subject to high frequency of terrorist attacks....

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Borders matter!: Regional integration in Europe and North America

Blum, Ulrich - 2001

We analyze the spatial interaction among regions in North America and in Western Europe. We use a gravity model extended by a spatial correlation structures where data allows to evaluate the level of impact and the length of the spatial tail. This allows us to address to effects external to the...

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Search Intensity, Cost of Living and Local Labor Markets in Britain

Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2003

A model is considered in which optimal search intensity is a result of a tradeoff between short-run losses due to higher search costs (more interviews, commuting?) and long-run gains due to a higher chance of finding a job. We show that this optimal search intensity is higher in areas...

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It's a Small(er) World: The Role of Geography and Networks in Biotechnology Innovation

Johnson, Daniel K.N.; Mareva, Milena - 2002

Using patent citation data for the U.S., we test whether knowledge spillovers in biotechnology are sensitive to distance. Controlling for self-citation by inventor, assignee and examiner, cohort-based regression analysis shows that spillovers are local but that distance is becoming less...

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The effect of information and communication technologies on urban structure

Ioannides, Yannis M.; Overman, Henry G.; … - 2007

Two innovations in the last century have changed dramatically the cost of communicating and transmitting information: The first is the widespread adoption of telephony; the second is the internet. We study the implications of these changes in ICT for urban structure. We find robust evidence that...

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The creative class, bohemians and local labor market performance: a micro-data panel study for Germany 1975-2004

Möller, Joachim; Tubadji, Annie - 2008

indicated by employment growth or an increasing wage bill. …

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New Firm Survival and Human Capital

Ács, Zoltán J.; Armington, Catherine - 2004

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Estimating the Amenity Costs of Global Warming in Brazil: Getting the Most from Available Data

Timmins, Christopher - 1999

This paper develops a theoretically consistent technique for valuing non-marketed local attributes using compensating income differentials in the absence of housing market data. The individual's indirect utility function is identified with aggregate data describing equilibrium location...

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