Der vorliegende Thünen-Report diskutiert die Ergebnisse einer Analyse des Branchenstrukturwandels in Deutschland auf Kreisebene. Im Zentrum steht die Frage danach, in welchem Ausmaß wirtschaftliche Entwicklung strukturell determiniert ist. Theoretisch wird ausgehend von der neuen...

For the impartial observer of German regions, differences in regional industrial structures and prosperity are quite obvious. On the one hand, there are regions characterised by different industries, firm structures and labour qualification profiles. On the other hand, some of these regions are...

For the impartial observer of German regions, differences in regional industrial structures and prosperity are quite obvious. On the one hand, there are regions characterised by different industries, firm structures and labour qualification profiles. On the other hand, some of these regions are...

Some rural regions in Western Germany have experienced a very positive economic development in terms of employment and incomes in the past decade. This development, however, is in sharp contrast to the the enduring economic lag of many rural regions in Eastern Germany. This paper seeks to find...

Some rural regions in Western Germany have experienced a very positive economic development in terms of employment and incomes in the past decade. This development, however, is in sharp contrast to the the enduring economic lag of many rural regions in Eastern Germany. This paper seeks to find...

For the impartial observer of German regions, differences in regional industrial structures and prosperity are quite obvious. On the one hand, there are regions characterised by different industries, firm structures and labour qualification profiles. On the other hand, some of these regions are...

Die durch das Covid-19-Virus hervorgerufene 'Corona-Krise' hat im Jahr 2020 zu Verwerfungen auf vielen Arbeitsmärkten geführt und möglicherweise bereits bestehende soziale Ungleichheiten verstärkt. Die vorliegende Studie fragt, inwiefern verschiedene Regionen und Regionstypen von den...

Die durch das Covid-19-Virus hervorgerufene „Corona-Krise“ hat im Jahr 2020 zu Verwerfungen auf vielen Arbeitsmärkten geführt und möglicherweise bereits bestehende soziale Ungleichheiten verstärkt. Die vorliegende Studie fragt, inwiefern verschiedene Regionen und Regionstypen von den...

Railroad access can accelerate the technological progress in the industrial sector and therefore induce structural change and urbanization, the two common features of modern economic growth. I examine this particular mechanism in the context of Japanese railroad network expansion and modern...

This paper aims to revisit the pace and patterns of structural change in Morocco with a renewed perspective focusing on subnational trends to document the macro patterns. In that perspective, we first build a within-country sectoral longitudinal dataset covering employment and value added (VA)...