We forecast unemployment levels for the 176 German labour-market districts on a monthly basis. Because of their small sizes, strong spatial interdependencies exist between these regional units. To account for these, as well as for the heterogeneity in the regional development over time, we apply...

"The Joint Task 'Improvement of the Regional Economic Structure' delimits the German promotion areas. For this purpose different indicators reflecting the labor market situation and regional income are linked. So far, no indicator is considered that indicates the demographic change of regions....