East German wages have been below the West German wage level since unification. Moreover, the East-West wage gap implied by the contractual wages specified in collective wage agreements is drifting ever further apart from the wage gap in terms of effective wages. This paper looks at the role of...

This paper takes up a phenomenon in European geographical development: the simultaneity of regional economic convergence on the one hand and the continued spatial concentration of economic activities on the other. Overall, the disparities in productivity and income between regions in the...

Digitalization is changing the industrial sector and introducing new global challenges • EU industrial policy aims to counter these challenges by increasing industry’s share of value added • DIW Berlin analyses show that selected regions with a low share of industry can play an important...

Die Digitalisierung führt zu einem Wandel der Industrie und zu globalen Herausforderungen. Die EU-Industriepolitik will diesen mit Erhöhung des Industrieanteils an der Wertschöpfung begegnen. Analysen des DIW Berlin zeigen, dass ausgewählte Regio- nen mit geringem Industrieanteil in der...

Is the German manufacturing industry, which has been leaving cities for less densely populated areas since World War II, being lured back into urban centers? This report analyses industrial start-ups from 2012 to 2016 and derives their preferred locations. The analysis shows that the start-up...