Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/31893
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
IAB-Discussion Paper No. 6/2006
Publisher: 
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg
Abstract: 
A casual look at regional unemployment rates reveals that there are vast differences which cannot be explained by different institutional settings. Our paper attempts to trace these differences in the regions' labour market performance back to the regions' specialisation in products that are more or less advanced in their product cycle. The model we develop shows how individual profit and utility maximisation endogenously leads to decreasing employment in the presence of process innovation. Things deteriorate even further if the region under observation is less innovative than others. Our model suggests that the only way to escape from this vicious circle is to specialize in products that are at the beginning of their economic life.
Subjects: 
Arbeitslosenquote
regionale Disparität
regionaler Arbeitsmarkt
Produktinnovation
Wirtschaftsstrukturwandel
Beschäftigungsentwicklung
JEL: 
O41
D91
J23
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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