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Is there a relationship between a region's industrial structure and employment growth? Wolfgang Dauth pursues this question in three self-contained studies. These studies each examine a different aspect of this topic and form the three main chapters of this book.
Chapter 2 ("Agglomeration and regional employment dynamics") documents the significance of positive agglomeration externalities for regional labor markets. Employment growth is more sustainable in industrial agglomerations than in other local industries.
In Chapter 3 ("The mysteries of trade"), the sources of agglomeration externalities are explained through linkages between different, but related, industries. The main conclusion is that labor market pooling plays a key role.
In Chapter 4 ("The rise of the East and the Far East"), Dauth examines how regional labor markets with differing industrial structures react to increasing exposure to international trade. He shows that Germany as a whole has experienced substantial gains in employment due to the economic rise of China and Eastern Europe.
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Preface
1 Introduction
1.1 The German school of regional science
1.2 From transport costs to Marshallian externalities
1.3 The modern role model
1.4 Regional disparities in Germany
1.5 Organization of this dissertation
2 Agglomeration and regional employment dynamics
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Empirical strategy
2.3 Geographic concentration of industries in Germany
2.4 Estimation results
2.5 Conclusion
3 The mysteries of the trade trade: Inter-industry spillovers in cities
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Theoretical background
3.3 Empirical strategy
3.4 Results
3.5 Conclusion
4 The rise of the East and the Far East East: German labor markets and trade integration
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Theory and estimation strategy
4.3 Trade exposure and manufacturing employment
4.4 Other regional labor market indicators
4.5 Worker level evidence
4.6 Discussion and conclusion
5 Summary and conclusion
Bibliography
A Appendix for Chapter 2
A.1 Calculation of the EG and CI indices
A.2 Regional distribution of industrial agglomerations in Germany
A.3 Further results
B Appendix for Chapter 3
B.1 Calculation of counterfactual steady state effects
B.2 Alternative ways to quantify knowledge spillovers
C Appendix for Chapter 4
C.1 Increase in regional trade exposure
C.2 The sectoral composition of German trade
C.3 Further results
Abstract
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Wolfgang Dauth ist seit 2008 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im IAB und promovierte im Rahmen des gemeinsamen Graduiertenprogramms des IAB und der Uni Erlangen-Nürnberg.
