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• Werner, Daniel
• Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)[Herausgeber]

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The evolution of regional labor market disparities [electronic resource]

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• IAB-Bibliothek (Dissertationen) : 344

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• Dissertationen.
• Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades des Doktors der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften DOCTOR RERUM POLITICARUM an der Fakultät Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Danksagung List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction 1.1 Motivation 1.2 Structure of the thesis 2 What do we know about the evolution of regional labor market disparities? 2.1 The evolution of regional labor market disparities: Convergence or divergence? 2.1.1 Cross-sectional approaches to convergence 2.1.2 Time series approaches to convergence 2.1.3 Convergence or divergence? 2.2 Adjustment to shocks 2.2.1 Measures for relative regional variables 2.2.2 Theoretical framework 2.2.3 Autoregressive processes and impulse response analysis.. 2.2.4 The empirical framework by Blanchard/Katz (1992) 2.2.5 The role of wages in the adjustment process 2.2.6 Further enhancement of the classical approach 2.2.7 When will things return to normal after a regional labor demand shock? 3 New insights into the evolution of regional unemployment disparities in Germany 3.1 Trends in German regional unemployment 3.2 The evolution of regional unemployment disparities 3.3 The definition of stochastic convergence 3.4 Testing for cross-sectional dependence 3.4.1 Two tests for cross-sectional dependence 3.4.2 Results 3.5 Testing the hypothesis of stochastic convergence 3.5.1 Modeling cross-sectional dependence via approximate factors 3.5.2 Testing for a unit root 3.5.3 Results 3.6 Conclusion 4 Convergence analysis for heterogeneous employment groups 4.1 Data and definitions 4.2 The evolution of skill-specific employment in West Germany 4.3 Recent trends in regional employment disparities 4.4 Stochastic convergence and cross-sectional dependence 4.4.1 Structures and restrictions imposed by the definition of stochastic convergence 4.4.2 Testing stochastic convergence as a second generation panel unit root test 4.5 Convergence or divergence of regional employment rates? 4.6 Conclusion 5 Regional labor market dynamics after a labor demand shock 5.1 Empirical framework 5.1.1 Basic principles of the empirical framework 5.1.2 Specification of the PVAR 5.1.3 Impulse response analysis 5.1.4 Estimation strategy 5.2 Data and some stylized facts 5.2.1 Data source and definitions 5.2.2 Stylized facts 5.2.3 Labor mobility in Germany 5.2.4 Measurement of relative regional variables 5.3 Results 5.3.1 The classical approach revisited 5.3.2 The role of labor mobility for the adjustment process 5.3.3 The role of the wage feedback in the adjustment process 5.3.4 Region labor market dynamics in Germany 5.4 Conclusion 6 What are the new insights into the evolution of regional labor market disparities? Appendix A.1 Appendix: Figures A.2 Appendix: Regression results References Abstract Kurzfassung
• Zahlreiche Länder, so auch Deutschland, zeichnen sich durch ausgeprägte regionale Disparitäten auf dem Arbeitsmarkt aus. Regionalökonomische Studien liefern unterschiedlichste Ansätze, um die Existenz solcher Unterschiede zu erklären. Aber nur wenige Arbeiten geben Aufschluss über die Dynamik regionaler Arbeitsmarktdisparitäten: Nehmen diese im Zeitablauf zu, verringern sie sich oder bleiben sie stabil? Auch blenden die bisherigen Studien aus, welche Rolle Beschäftigtengruppen mit unterschiedlichem Qualifikationsniveau in diesem Prozess spielen. Die Arbeit von Daniel Werner schließt diese Lücken. Detailliert untersucht Werner zudem die Anpassungsprozesse nach regionalen Arbeitsmarktschocks. Sein Fazit: Die Mobilität der Arbeitskräfte - und hier insbesondere das Pendeln - ist der wichtigste Ausgleichsmechanismus. Numerous countries, Germany among them, are characterized by pronounced regional labor market disparities. Various regional economic studies provide very different approaches to explaining the existence of such variations. However only a few papers give information about the dynamics of regional labor market disparities: Do these increase with time, do they decrease, or do they remain stable? Moreover, the previous studies do not pay attention to the role played in this process by employee groups with differing levels of qualification. Daniel Werner's study closes these gaps. Werner also examines in detail adjustment processes in the wake of regional labor market shocks. His conclusion: The mobility of workers - and here especially commuting - is the most important adjustment mechanism.
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