variation in regional unemployment and in the development of employment is puzzling. Our explanation of this regional variation … leads to an expansion of employment if product demand is elastic. It is accompanied, however, by shrinkage of employment if … series data on output, prices, employment and national income for Germany provided by the Federal Statistical Office and the …

are regions in which even during the crisis virtual full employment prevails (e.g. Munich Area) and others which face a … cycle. The more mature an industry is the less elastic is demand. Technical progress has two opposing effects on employment … through the specialisation of regional economies to different spatial development paths of employment. We show formally that a …