Die EU-Osterweiterung wird den norddeutschen Bundesländern neue Absatzmöglichkeiten erschließen, der Wettbewerb wird aber auch härter. Ist Norddeutschland gerüstet, die ökonomischen Chancen zu nutzen? Kann es der Konkurrenz aus den mittel_ und osteuropäischen Ländern standhalten? Wie...

Für hochentwickelte Industrieländer stellen Investitionen in Forschung und Entwicklung wesentliche Voraussetzungen für Wachstum und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit dar. Die EU Kommission hat daher als Ziel einen Anteil der Ausgaben für Forschung und Entwicklung am Bruttoinlandsprodukt von 3% bis 2010...

Die bevorstehenden demographischen Veränderungen sind von erheblicher Bedeutung für den Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland und seine Regionen. Inwieweit ist Norddeutschland betroffen? Welche Arbeitsmarkteffekte sind hier zu erwarten? Wie kann dem Rückgang der Erwerbsbevölkerung entgegengewirkt...

Increasing inequality in qualification specific employment prospects characterises labour markets in most highly developed countries. Theoretical models suggest that in-plant skill segregation might matter for the polarisation of employment and wages. According to these models production...

We investigate the regional disparities in high-skilled foreign employment in Germany. The importance of different factors which attract highly qualified migrants to specific regions and the role of labour-migration policy is analysed. Our results show that labour-market variables as well as the...

Economic integration in Europe has been accompanied by concerns about the impact of integration on regional disparities in the EU. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of the most recent EU enlargement on convergence among countries and regions in the EU27. Departing from a...

Recent theoretical research deals with economic costs and benefits of cultural diversity related to immigration. However, empirical evidence regarding the impact of cultural diversity on economic performance is still scarce. This paper investigates the significance of cultural diversity of the...

The labor market effects of the recent financial and economic crisis are rather heterogeneous across countries and regions. Such differences in labor market performance among industrialized countries are an issue of ongoing research. The objective of this paper is to analyse labor market...

In light of the remarkable number of young people who pass through a period of temp work at the beginning of their career the question arises whether labor market entry via temporary work agency (TWA) employment has any (persistent) effects on labor market outcomes. We investigate this issue...

In this paper we investigate the determinants of entrepreneurial activity in a cross section of German regions for the period 1998-2005. Departing from the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, the focus of our analysis is on the role of the regional environment and, in particular,...