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Networks are hybrid forms between hierarchies and markets. The present article focuses on the structure of Russian business networks and their potential for integration into European business networks. In Russia, two competing types of networks can currently be identified: survival networks and...
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This study is about the effects reforms have had on industry's dispersion in Russia. We use data on regional production by industry reaching from 1987 to 1993 to consider to what extent the division of labor among regions has changed during this time period. In particular we address three issues...
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Die gesamtwirtschaftliche Lage, die zum Zeitpunkt der Erstellung der vorliegenden Version der Beschäftigungsprognose für Österreich und die Bundesländer vorherrscht, ist von mehreren Sonderfaktoren geprägt. Zum einen führte die weltweite Covid-19-Pandemie zu großen wirtschaftlichen...
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We analyze the impacts of three major unexpected border regime changes that occurred during the course of 20th century on population growth along the Austrian-Czech border. Using historical municipal-level census data reaching back to 1880, we find no effects of the dissolution of the...
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We analyze the impacts of three major unexpected border regime changes that occurred during the course of 20th century on population growth along the Austrian-Czech border. Using historical municipal-level census data reaching back to 1880, we find no effects of the dissolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048612
We estimate a linear approximation of the market potential function for Europe as derived in geography and trade models. Using a spatial econometric estimation approach, border effects are identified by a differential impact of other regions purchasing power, depending on whether two regions are...
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This study analyses the effect of trade and migration on wages and labour market mobility. We estimate wage growth equations and a multinomial logit mobility equation on an individual data set for 1991 to 1994. We find substantial differences in the reactions of white and blue-collar workers...
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Based on a three equations model for initial firm size, survival and firm growth we estimate firm-specific transition probabilities between size classes of the firm size distribution. This allows to analyze counterfactual scenarios that assess the impact of changes in exogenous variables on the...
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I analyze the skill structure of commuters in 15 EU countries. Theory suggests that higher returns to education in receiving regions and shorter commuting distances favor positive selection of commuters. Empirically all types of commuters in most EU countries are more skilled than non-commuters....
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This paper addresses the issue whether the differences in national unemployment rates between the Czech and Slovak Republics are in part associated with different responses of regional labor markets. We attempt to assess the relative importance of regional and national shocks in explaining...
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