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...

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...

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...

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...

A basic result of new economic geography (NEG) models is that the proximity to consumer markets impacts wages and employment within regions. The ongoing process of European integration, being targeted on the reduction of barriers to trade and factor mobility, has presumably changed relative...

The responsiveness of unemployment to growth is an issue of ongoing political and academic interest. Economic growth is supposed to be the key to increase labour demand and reduce unemployment. Departing from Okun's law, most research on the unemployment intensity of growth has focused on...

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...

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...

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. We analyse the effect of cultural diversity of the labour force on...