over time. It examines the hypothesis of convergence for regional unemployment rates of western German Federal States and … the time period 1968 to 2009 following different concepts of convergence. Western German regional unemployment rates … exhibit beta-convergence but no sigma-convergence. Further, regional unemployment rates show a high degree of intra …

evolution of regional employment disparities. Therefore, this paper investigates the hypothesis of convergence for the total … paper considers different concepts of convergence. Following the cross-sectional approach to convergence provides no … evidence for a catching-up process between regions. The findings from the time series approach to convergence are mixed. The …