The Importance of Spatial Autocorrelation for Regional Employment Growth in Germany

In analyzing the disparities of the regional developments in the volume of employment in Germany, in the recent empirical literature so called shift-share-regression-models are frequently applied. However, these models usually neglect spatial interdependencies, even though such interdependencies are...

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Pubblicato in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 31-2010)
Autore principale: Zierahn, Ulrich
Natura: Arbeit
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2010
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Riassunto:In analyzing the disparities of the regional developments in the volume of employment in Germany, in the recent empirical literature so called shift-share-regression-models are frequently applied. However, these models usually neglect spatial interdependencies, even though such interdependencies are likely to occur on a regional level. Therefore, this paper focuses on the importance of spatial dependencies using spatial autocorrelation in order to analyze regional employment development. Spatial dependency in the form of spatial lag, spatial error and cross regressive model are compared. The results indicate that the exogenous variables’ spatial lag sufficiently explains the spatial autocorrelation of regional employment growth.
Descrizione fisica:30 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0061