Regional dependencies in job creation: An efficiency analysis for Western Germany

René Fahr () and Uwe Sunde

Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates the efficiency of the matching process between job seekers and vacancy posting firms in West Germany, using variation across labour market regions and across time. The results of a stochastic frontier analysis shed new light on the extent of and regional differences in search frictions, on potential determinants of frictional inefficiencies and on the consequences of German reunification for the matching process. The paper also presents novel evidence on the complex interactions between spatial contingencies among regional labour markets: matching efficiency decreases with spatial autocorrelation in hiring, implying indirect evidence for crowding externalities.

Date: 2006
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (32)

Published in Applied Economics 10 38(2006): pp. 1193-1206

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
Journal Article: Regional dependencies in job creation: an efficiency analysis for Western Germany (2006)
Working Paper: Regional Dependencies in Job Creation: An Efficiency Analysis for Western Germany (2005)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:lmu:muenar:20484

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics Ludwigstr. 28, 80539 Munich, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tamilla Benkelberg ().