heterogeneity in Germany's complex interregional linkages. I find that population mobility reduces the magnitude of local employment …

these factors, differences in commuting distance plays the most important role. In France, though, longer commuting …

commuting and physical capital mobility. Referring to the decline in mobility costs, we are able to explain that long …-distance commuting and foreign direct investment have increased and that industrial activity has become more concentrated both within as …

rregional migration between German labor market regions. Using a spatial v ector-autoregres- sive panel model (SpVar), we find …

In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the … bring convergence, labor flows would respond, enhancing overall efficiency. Yet net emigration from East Germany has fallen … from high levels in 1989-1990 to close to zero. Using statelevel data for all of Germany, available from 1991-1996, I am …

workers distributed between them. We introduce commuting costs and search-matching frictions to deal with the spatial mismatch …

workers distributed between them. We introduce commuting costs and search-matching frictions to deal with the spatial mismatch …