This paper provides new evidence on the magnitude and determinants of regional differences in the gender pay gap. On the basis of a comprehensive data set of all full‐time employees in Germany, we explain the profound variation of the gender pay gap at a small‐scale level with theory‐based...

Will productivity gains lead to technological unemployment in a region or to new prosperity? In our article, we formally show that under general assumptions the price elasticity of demand on product markets is decisive: technological change leads to employment growth if product demand is elastic...

Die gedämpfte wirtschaftliche Entwicklung in Deutschland bremst die Arbeitsmarktdynamik weiterhin. Bedingt durch Unterschiede in den Strukturmerkmalen kann sich die Situation regionaler Arbeitsmärkte von der auf Bundesebene prognostizierten Entwicklung unterscheiden. In Anlehnung an die...

This study focuses on the question whether nonlinear transformation of lagged time series values and residuals are able to systematically improve the average forecasting performance of simple Autoregressive models. Furthermore it investigates the potential superior forecasting results of a...