In the past years, a large number of evaluations have assessed the impact of European Union's Cohesion Policy, the largest transnational programme for regional development promotion worldwide. In particular, great attention has been devoted to determine the effectiveness of EU funds in improving...

We analyze the relation between population aging and the decline of unemployment in East Germany for the years from 1996 to 2012. To this we scrutinize both a direct and an indirect effect of aging on unemployment. The direct effect includes a decomposition of the East German unemployment rate...

Die Ergebnisse der Anpassung nach Arbeitsnachfrageschocks am Arbeitsort für Bundesländer und Kreise nach dem Modell von Blanchard/Katz (1992) entsprechen den Ergebnissen aus anderen Studien in diesem Bereich. Sie zeigen, dass die Anpassung auf regionsspezifische Schocks im Jahr des Schocks...

This study uses Eurofound's European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) data to examine the spatial and sectoral distribution of large-scale restructuring events - such as company closures, bankruptcies, mergers and acquisition, business relocation and expansions - across EU regions between 2003 and...

This study uses Eurofound's European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) data to examine the spatial and sectoral distribution of large-scale restructuring events - such as company closures, bankruptcies, mergers and acquisition, business relocation and expansions - across EU regions between 2003 and...

The inverse relationship between unemployment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), commonly known as Okun?s law, has been traditionally analysed in the economic literature. Its application to Spain is interesting as the strong impact of business cycles on unemployment is a particular feature of the...

The inverse relationship between unemployment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, commonly known as Okun’s law, has been traditionally analysed in the economic literature. Its application for Spain has been carried out at the national level or for the autonomous communities but it has not...

The inverse relationship between unemployment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, commonly known as Okun’s law, has been traditionally analysed in the economic literature. Its application for Spain has been carried out at the national level or for the autonomous communities but it has not...

The inverse relationship between unemployment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), commonly known as Okun?s law, has been traditionally analysed in the economic literature. Its application to Spain is interesting as the strong impact of business cycles on unemployment is a particular feature of the...