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New insights into the development of regional unemployment disparities : conference paper

Werner, Daniel - 2014 - This version: 27th February 2014, Preliminary

Large regional unemployment disparities are a common feature of the labor market in many countries. This study deals … with the question whether regional unemployment disparities in western Germany widen, become narrower or remain constant … over time. It examines the hypothesis of convergence for regional unemployment rates of western German Federal States and …

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The persistent effects of regional policy : evidence from the West-German Zonenrandgebiet ; conference paper

Ehrlich, Maximilian von; Seidel, Tobias - 2014 - Preliminary version

In this paper, we provide novel evidence on the contemporaneous and persistent effects of regional policy. We apply a quasi-experimental identification strategy exploiting the fact that municipalities in the West-German Zonenrandgebiet (ZRG) were eligible for substantial regional transfers...

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On the estimation of the volatility-growth link : conference paper

Launov, Andrey; Posch, Olaf; Wälde, Klaus - 2013

It is common practice to estimate the volatility-growth link by specifying a standard growth equation such that the variance of the error term appears as an explanatory variable in this growth equation. The variance in turn is modelled by a second equation. Hardly any of existing applications of...

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Elasticity of substitution between clean and dirty energy inputs : a macroeconomic perspective ; conference paper

Papageorgiou, Chris; Saam, Marianne; Schulte, Patrick - 2014

Recently Acemolgu, Aghion, Bursztyn and Hemous (AER 2012) formulated a model in which a high macroeconomic elasticity of substitution between clean and dirty production represents a crucial condition for green growth. Until now it has never been systematically estimated. Using a novel panel of...

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Is technical progress sectorally concentrated? : an empirical analysis for Western European countries ; conference paper

Schiersch, Alexander; Gornig, Martin; Belitz, Heike - 2013

Previous research shows that technical progress at the industry level, measured by sectoral TFP growth, is more localized in continental European countries than in Anglo-Saxon coun-tries. We use EU KLEMS data sets to decompose sectoral TFP for nine European countries by means of a Malmquist...

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City age and city size : conference paper

Giesen, Kristian; Südekum, Jens - 2013

There has been vast interest in the distribution of city sizes in an economy, but this research has largely neglected that cities also differ along another fundamental dimension: age. Using novel data on the foundation dates of almost 8,000 American cities, we find that older cities in the US...

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The economics of density : evidence from the Berlin Wall ; conference paper

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Redding, Stephen; Sturm, Daniel; … - 2013

This paper develops a quantitative model of city structure to separate agglomeration forces, dispersion forces and fundamentals as determinants of location choices. The model remains tractable and amenable to empirical analysis because of stochastic shocks to worker productivity, which yield a...

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Profiles of local growth and industrial change : facts and an explanation ; conference paper

Dauth, Wolfgang; Südekum, Jens - 2014

In this paper we take a detailed look at the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in German regions over the period 1978-2008. In the aggregate, the German economy is characterized by a secular decline of the manufacturing sector and a rise of the modern service economy. This trend of structural...

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Optimal taxation under regional inequality : conference paper

Kessing, Sebastian; Lipatov, Vilen; Zoubek, Malte - 2014 - Preliminary and incomplete

Regional productivity differences are large and provide scope for productivity-enhancing inter-regional labor mobility. Using an optimal taxation framework that combines an intensive labor supply margin with an extensive, productivity- enhancing migration margin, we explore the implications of...

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Continuous logit polycentric city model : conference paper

Wrede, Matthias - 2014 - This version: October 2013

This paper analyzes a closed linear polycentric city with homogenous households who probabilistically select their workplace and residence locations. The study utilizes a continuous logit model to describe household location choices. In contrast to the classic urban model with deterministic...

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