The description of geographical concentration and the search for its causes is at the focus of many studies. However, by not considering developments over an extended period of time, the majority of the studies mainly examine static relationships. This paper aims at filling this gap. We measure...

"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...

This paper examines job polarization at the level of local labor markets in Germany over a 30-year period. The major explanation of job polarization is skill biased technological change (SBTC): new technologies are complementary to high paying jobs but substitute workers in routine manual jobs...

"The labor markets of most industrialized countries are polarized. This means that employment has grown in jobs at the upper and lower tails of the wage distribution, while employment in the middle part of the distribution has stagnated or declined. However, there exists no measure that allows a...

Wir beschreiben den Einfluss der Globalisierung auf dem westdeutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Als Verliererregionen identifizieren wir das Ruhrgebiet, die Pfalz und Oberfranken. Die Gewinnerregionen liegen vor allem in Bayern und Schwaben. Unter dem Strich hat das verarbeitende Gewerbe in Deutschland...

We analyze the causal effect of commuting on wages, using a large sample of German job changers. Information on their home and workplace addresses in combination with road navigation software allows us to calculate exact door-to-door commuting distances with an unprecedented degree of precision....

The German economy exhibits rising service and declining manufacturing employment. But this decline is much sharper in import-competing than in export-oriented branches. We first document the individual-level job transitions behind those trends. They are not driven by manufacturing workers who...

Die Arbeitsmarktverhältnisse vor Ort bestimmen in hohem Maß den Erfolg der dort eingesetzten Arbeitsmarktpolitik - und in den Regionen Deutschlands sind die Bedingungen am Arbeitsmarkt sehr unterschiedlich. Um die Leistungen einzelner Arbeitsagenturen und die Wirksamkeit der...

Der ökonomische Erfolg von Betrieben hängt auch von der lokalen Wirtschaftsstruktur ab. Betriebe sind oftmals produktiver, wenn sie in der Nähe zu anderen Betrieben aus der gleichen Branche angesiedelt sind. Hier wird untersucht, wie sich die Standortmuster der Branchen in Westdeutschland...