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 |
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 |