Spatial Aspects of Job Creation: Evidence from Western Germany

René Fahr () and Uwe Sunde

No 75, Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 from Royal Economic Society

Abstract: This paper provides detailed information about spatial interactions in the job creation process in West German regional labor markets. We investigate spatial (auto-) correlations in the matching process of vacancies and unemployed, examine regional hiring patterns, and identify clusters of regions with intense inter-regional matching. An extensive specification analysis illustrates the extent of regional dependencies. We investigate the impact of German re-unification on regional patterns of job creation, and compare regional matching efficiencies using a stochastic frontier approach.

Keywords: internal migration; regional unemployment; stochastic frontiers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J61 J64 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-06-04
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