"Almost twenty years after German reunification there are still huge income disparities between western and eastern regions in Germany. The main purpose of the paper is to show how social transfer payments reduce these inter-regional disparities. In a first step we examine inequalities in the...

"The German economy again grew in 2013. German establishments rated the economic environment as positive and have continued to create jobs since 2005. In such a positive economic environment recruiting skilled personnel turns out to be more difficult than in times of economic downturns....

A new forecasting method and its application to Germany on district level (413 districts) is shortly presented. The forecasting was performed in 2008. The simulation period started in 2007 with time horizon 2015. A comparison of empirical data and simulated effects is shown for the period 2007...

"Der Bund-Länder-Planungsausschuß der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe 'Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur' hat am 25. März 1999 die GA-Fördergebiete für die Jahre 2000 bis 2003 neu festgelegt. In diesen ausgewiesenen strukturschwachen Regionen sollen mit Hilfe regionaler...

"Over the past years, the demand for employees in the health care sector has increased. Due to the demographic change, the demand for skilled employees can be expected to continue to rise in this sector. Against this background, this article tries to study empirically the manpower requirements...

"This paper presents the results of an expert opinion prepared by the Institute for Employment Research in cooperation with the Steinbeis Transfer Centre Applied System Analysis (STASA), Stuttgart, to calculate 'labour market and income indicators for identifying regions that are eligible for...