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This paper shows that 19th-century industrialization is an important determinant of the significant changes in Germany's economic geography observed in recent decades. Using novel data on economic activity in 163 labor market regions in West Germany, we establish that nearly half of them...
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This paper shows that 19th-century industrialization is an important determinant of the significant changes in Germany's economic geography observed in recent decades. Using novel data on economic activity in 163 labor market regions in West Germany, we establish that nearly half of them...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013284384
The paper provides a detailed analysis of excess mortality during the 'Spanish Flu' in a developing German economy and the effect of poverty and air pollution on pandemic mortality. The empirical analysis is based on a difference‐in‐differences approach using annual all‐cause mortality...
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Die Zahl der Flüchtlinge ist 2015 drastisch gestiegen und stellt Deutschland vor große Herausforderungen. Erleichterung erhofft man sich dadurch, dass nun auch Albanien, Kosovo und Montenegro auf die Liste der sicheren Herkunftsstaaten gesetzt wurden - wie dies vor einem Jahr für Serbien,...
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Redding and Sturm (2008) use the German division as a natural experiment to study the importance of market access for regional development. They show empirically that cities close to the East-West German border experienced a significant decline in population growth due to division. I argue that...
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We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany are banned from working in the first few months after arrival. This natural experiment allows isolating a pure immigration-induced labor demand effect. For empirical...
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In den Jahren 2015 und 2016 wurden rund 1,3 Millionen Geflüchtete in Deutschland untergebracht und versorgt. Die Unterbringung nutzte nicht nur den Geflüchteten selbst, sondern auch den Regionen, die sie aufnahmen. Denn durch den Unterstützungsbedarf der geflüchteten Personen in Form von...
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Die Zivilgesellschaft hat bei der Bewältigung der Fluchtmigration in den letzten Jahren eine wichtige Rolle gespielt. Diese Kurzexpertise untermauert die Bedeutung von ehrenamtlichem Engagement für die Integration von Geflüchteten mit repräsentativen Zahlen. In Regionen mit besonders hohem...
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We study the labor demand effect of immigration on local labor markets by exploiting the fact that refugees in Germany are banned from working in the first few months after arrival. This natural experiment allows isolating a pure immigration-induced labor demand effect. For empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296577