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Does it pay to live in big(ger) cities? : the role of agglomeration benefits, local amenities, and costs of living
Ahrend, Rudiger; Lembcke, Alexander C. - 2016
This study approaches the question whether it “pays” to live in big(ger) cities in a three-fold manner: first, it estimates how city size affects worker productivity (agglomeration benefits) in Germany, based on individual-level wage data. Second, it considers whether productivity benefits...
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Spatial commuting patterns of German regional labour markets : a sustainability perspective
Tedeschi, Federico; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter - 2012
This paper aims to investigate the relationship between commuting and spatial labour market developments in the framework of sustainability issues. To do so, we propose, first, an exploratory investigation of the effects of inbound commuter flows on employment in regional labour markets in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011734276
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A dynamic heterogeneous labour demand model for German manufacturing
Falk, Martin - 2000
This paper presents an application of the Generalised Error Correction Model (GECM) for heterogeneous factor demands based on the quadratic cost function. Using data for 26 West German manufacturing industries over the period 1976-1995, it turns out that less general specifications such as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428321
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Delineation of city regions based on commuting interrelations : the example of large cities in Germany
Kauffmann, Albrecht - 2012
The comparison of cities with regard to their economic or demographic development may yield misleading results, if solely the cities in their administrative borders are the object of consideration. Frequently, historical borders of cities neither conform to the contemporary settlement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009664691
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Agglomerations, tasks and wage growth
Perl, Maximilian - 2023
Wage growth is stronger in larger cities, but this relationship holds exclusively for non-manual workers. Using rich German administrative data, I study the heterogeneity in the pecuniary value of big city experience, a measure of dynamic agglomeration economies, and its consequences for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228358
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Demographics, labor market power and the spatial equilibrium
Furbach, Nina - 2024
This paper studies how demographics affect aggregate labor market power, the urban wage premium and the spatial concentration of population, I develop a quantitative spatial model in which labor market competitiveness depends on the demographic composition of the local workforce, Using highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014490369
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Demographics, labor market power and the spatial equilibrium
Furbach, Nina - 2023
This paper studies how demographics affect aggregate labor market power, the urban wage premium and the spatial concentration of population. I develop a quantitative spatial model in which labor market competitiveness depends on the demographic composition of the local workforce. Using highly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228342
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A methodology approach to delineate functional economic market areas : with an iterative three-step spatial clustering procedure
Oberst, Christian - 2012 - Latest update: 2012-02-23
; functional regional markets ; fuzzy set theory ; market delineation ; regionalisation ; labor markets regions ; travel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510378
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Outsourcing and the demand for low-skill labour in German manufacturing : new evidence
Geishecker, Ingo - 2002
This paper analyses how international outsourcing has affected the relative demand for low skilled workers in Germany … disentangle international outsourcing and trade in final goods more accurately. The main finding is that during the 1990s … international outsourcing had a significant negative impact on the relative demand for low-skilled workers, explaining between 19 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437014
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Outsourcing and the Demand for Low-Skilled Labour in German Manufacturing : New Evidence
Geishecker, Ingo - 2003
This paper analyses how international outsourcing has affected the relative demand for low skilled workers in Germany … disentangle international outsourcing and trade in final goods more accurately. The main finding is that during the 1990s … international outsourcing had a significant negative impact on the relative demand for low-skilled workers, explaining between 19 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014031183