"'What makes start-ups out of unemployment different?' To answer this question we formulate a theoretical sketch for start-up activity out of unemployment. Furthermore, we estimate spatial autoregressive models for the regional start-up rates out of unemployment as well as out of employment with...

"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...

"After years of declining employment and high unemployment, the situation on the East German labour market changed profoundly in the middle of the 2000s. Given the more pronounced demographic change it is expected that in East Germany the recruitment of skilled workers will become more difficult...

"The resilience and growth prospects of a region depend crucially on the extent to which industry-specific human capital can be redeployed across the industries of a regional economy. To this end, we present a toolbox to analyse a region's industrial structure, development prospects and economic...

In East Germany a profound demographic change has been taking place that manifests itself in the shrinkage and the aging of the population. One major cause is the drop in the East German fertility rates by about half directly after the reunification of Germany in 1990. In no other countries of...

This paper deals with the question whether firms' employment performance in the periods preceding their exit can be regarded as casting a 'Shadow of Death' on their final leaving the market. This aspect is of high relevance for politicians and other decision-makers, because by knowing more about...

Der Bericht für Sachsen ist Teil des Gesamtprojekts VALA (Vergleichende Analyse von Länderarbeitsmärkten) und existiert in ähnlicher Form für alle 16 Bundesländer. Das Projekt verfolgt das Ziel, den Einfluss der wesentlichen Determinanten der Beschäftigungsentwicklung auf Bundesland- bzw....

Ausgehend vom starken Geburtenrückgang seit der politischen Wende in Ostdeutschland und daraufhin abnehmenden Schüler- sowie Schulabgängerzahlen, wird sich der Ausbildungsmarkt in den kommenden Jahren verändern. Der Aufsatz untersucht die häufigsten Ausbildungsformen: duales System,...