Der Antrag der Volksinitiative "Für einen Mindestlohn von zehn Euro pro Stunde" in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Drucksache 6/1020 des Landtags Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) zielt auf einen bundesweit einheitlichen flächendeckenden Mindestlohn in Höhe von zehn Euro je Stunde, zu dessen Einführung das...

Large regional unemployment disparities are a common feature of the labor market in many countries. This study deals with the question whether regional unemployment disparities in western Germany widen, become narrower or remain constant over time. It examines the hypothesis of convergence for...

China is one of the most populated and rapidly urbanizing countries worldwide and was among the earliest countries to integrate sustainable development into urban construction. To achieve high-quality development and implement the objectives of "Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for...

Unterschiede in den regionalen Arbeitsmarktbedingungen prägen Deutschland seit längerem, besonders zwischen dem östlichen und dem westlichen Landesteil. Üblicherweise postulieren neoklassische Modelle, dass die Mobilität der Arbeitskräfte zur Angleichung regionaler Bedingungen führt. Im...

This chapter does three things. First, it estimates regional gross domestic product (GDP) for three different geographical levels in Switzerland (97 micro regions, 16 labor market basins, and 3 large regions). Second, it analyzes the evolution of regional inequality relying on a heuristic model...

This paper extends a methodology proposed by Nissanov and Silber (2009) who decomposed the coefficient β used in convergence analysis into three components checking respectively whether there was σ -convergence, whether ‘pure mobility’ (upward or downward income mobility) was lower among...