Industrial Structure and Regional Employment Dynamics

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 Kurzfassung