Inhaltsbereich: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
International Summer-Conference in Regional Science
International Summer-Conference of the “Gesellschaft für Regionalforschung” (GfR), i.e. the German speaking section of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA) and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Friday, 19. June 2009
| Time (CET) |
Programme |
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Registration |
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12:30 - 1:30
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Keynote speech: Philip McCann
Globalisation, Urbanisation, and the Future of the European Regions
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| 1:30 - 1:45 |
Break |
| 1:45 - 3:15 |
Room "Passat": External shocks (I)
- Timo Mitze
Current income shocks and regional consumption
- Carsten Schlag/Kersten Kellermann
Channels of International Risk Sharing: The Swiss case revisited
- Daniel Werner
The dynamics of regional labour markets in West Germany: Convergence and adjustment to shocks
Room "Adler": Multinationals/FDI
- Javier Revilla Diez/Jan Kramer
Intangible assets and MNE locational strategies for innovation
- Eckhardt Bode
Inward FDI and Marshallian Externalities in developed countries
- Magdolna Sass
Foreign direct investments and relocations in business services
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| 3:15 - 3:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 3:45 - 5:45 |
Room “Passat”: Regional labour markets
- Michael Fritsch/Yvonne Schindele
Contribution of New Businesses to regional employment
- Oliver Ludewig
Structural change and regional disparities in unemployment
- Annekatrin Niebuhr
Regional labor demand and national labor market institutions in the EU15
- Carsten Ochsen
Regional labor markets and aging in Germany
Room “Adler”: Agglomeration
- Kristian Giesen
Zipf`s Law for cities in the regions and the country
- Georg Hirte
Child care and the city
- Joaquin Millan/Natalia Aldaz
Empirical approaches to regional productivity
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| 7:30 |
Conference Dinner at restaurant “Schiffergesellschaft zu Lübeck” (optional*) |
* Not included in the conference fee, please notify if not interested at the registration
Saturday, 20. June 2009
| Time (CET) |
Programme |
| 8:45 - 10:45 |
Room “Passat”: Theory
- Eckhardt Bode/Jan Mutl
Testing the New Economic Geography
- Dirk Ehnts
Spillovers and linkages in a real economy with monetary restrictions
- Jan Kranich
The formation of urban centers under R&D and spillover externalities
- Francesco Mureddu
Agglomeration and growth with endogenous expenditure shares
Room “Adler”: Infrastructure/Productivity
- Dieter Bogai/Mirko Wesling
Employment impacts of major infrastructure projects - Case of the Airport Berlin
- Alexander Kalb
What determines local governments’ technical efficiency?
- Michael Plattner/Jan Fiedler
Regional advantages and disadvantages of global connectivity and labor productivity: Evidence from a dynamic panel estimation
- Carsten Ochsen/Michael Kuhn
Demographic and geographic determinants of regional physician supply
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| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Room “Passat”: External Shocks (II)
- Uwe Blien/Matthias Dorner
Structural vulnerability and regional competitiveness: A case study on structural change in the region of Schweinfurt
- Alejandra Trejo
Responses to the economic crisis and the vulnerability to extreme specialisation
- Warren Kriesel
Redevelopment of contaminated sites in Georgia, USA: Three case studies
Room “Adler”: Newly founded firms
- Alexandra Schroeter
Effect of new business formation on employment – The dominance of density
- Florian Noseleit
Similarity of entry to incumbents and its effects on long-run regional growth patterns
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| 12:30 - 1:00 |
Closing remarks
by the president of the GfR Georg Hirte and on behalf of the IAB Uwe Blien |
| 1:00 - 2:00 |
Lunch |