Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/206758 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers on Innovation and Space No. 02.19
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Geography, Marburg
Abstract: 
The paper analyzes the impact of the two major German regional dev elopment and redistribution policies, the municipal fiscal equalization scheme and the economic funds GRW, on perceived regional living conditions, measured through inte rregional migration between German labor market regions. Using a spatial v ector-autoregres- sive panel model (SpVar), we find evidence that equalization transf ers have a significant positive impact on perceived living conditions and contribute to the aim of regional equity. These effects are especially found for regions with low endogenous fiscal capacities. GRW funding reveals no significant effects on net mi gration rates in total, but short-term effects in rural regions.
Subjects: 
amenities
impulse-response functions
living conditions
migration
policy
SpVar
JEL: 
C33
R23
R58
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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