Border regions are likely to play a critical role within the spatial dynamics initiated by the enlargement of the EU. This paper deals with the effects of integration on labour markets in border regions. Within the framework of different theoretical approaches, the effects of integration on...

A basic result of new economic geography (NEG) models is that the proximity to consumer markets impacts wages and employment within regions. The ongoing process of European integration, being targeted on the reduction of barriers to trade and factor mobility, has presumably changed relative...

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic research. Although a vast number of empirical studies has emerged, evidence on the role of spatial interaction is still rather scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide...

New Economic Geography (NEG) has reached a theoretical consolidation while related empirical tests are still scarce. The present paper aims at providing some evidence on the validity of forces emphasised by NEG. The analysis starts from the nominal wage equation derived from the Krugman...

EU enlargement is supposed to entail profound impact on the location of economic activities in Europe. Although there is concern about the implications of enlargement for regional disparities in the EU, corresponding empirical results are still rare. The objective of this analysis is to provide...

In light of the remarkable number of young people who pass through a period of temp work at the beginning of their career the question arises whether labor market entry via temporary work agency (TWA) employment has any (persistent) effects on labor market outcomes. We investigate this issue...

Does regional unemployment increase or rather decrease entrepreneurial activity? Although this question has been hotly debated among researchers for decades the answers yielded so far are ambiguous and inconclusive. The paper proposes an innovative approach that takes not only interregional...

N<sc>iebuhr</sc> A., G<sc>ranato</sc> N., H<sc>aas</sc> A. and H<sc>amann</sc> S. Does labour mobility reduce disparities between regional labour markets in Germany?, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. Differences in regional labour market conditions are still pronounced in Germany, especially between the Eastern and Western parts. Traditional...

Die Entwicklungstendenzen bis zum Jahre 2020 markieren erst den Anfang des demographischen Wandels in Norddeutschland. Nach 2020 werden der Rückgang der Bevölkerung und der Umbruch in der Altersstruktur an Tempo gewinnen. Gleichermaßen werden sich dann auch die aus der...