The German economy is humming. Tax receipts are pouring in, the labour market is booming, and Germany was and has remained solid as a rock during the euro crisis. That is the current situation. But is Germany also prepared for the digital revolution? A core element of Germany industry (the...

This paper deals with the development of regional income disparities and convergence processes in the countries of the European Union. Overall, 861 regions mainly at the regional level NUTS-3 of the EU enlarged in May 2004 are analysed for the period 1995 - 2003. We use the two classical...

The paper estimates equations for regional income convergence in selected EU countries and their NUTS 3 level regions during the European Union pre-enlargement period (1995-2002), using both spatial and non-spatial approaches. There has been absolute income convergence between regions in both...

Increasing inequality in qualification specific employment prospects characterises labour markets in most highly developed countries. Theoretical models suggest that in-plant skill segregation might matter for the polarization of employment and wages. According to these models production...