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Regional economies in times of crises, demographic ageing and structural change

13th Summer Conference in Regional Science of the German speaking section of the European Regional Science Association (GfR)

Date

29.6.2023 - 30.6.2023

Venue

Institute for Employment Research
Regensburger Str. 104
Nürnberg, Germany

Keynote speakers

  • Alessandra Faggian (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
  • Wolfgang Dauth (IAB, University of Bamberg)

Scientific committee

  • Stephan Brunow (HdBA)
  • Jan Cornelius Peters (Thünen Institute)
  • Annekatrin Niebuhr (CAU Kiel, IAB)
  • Stefanie Peer (WU Wien)
  • Anna-Theresa Renner (TU Wien)
  • Duncan Roth (IAB)

Organisation

  • Oliver Ludewig (IAB)
  • Stefan Fuchs (IAB)

Conference fee and traveling Costs

There is a Conference Fee of 40 €.

Programme

Thursday, June 29, 2023

  • 10:00 – 11:00 Registration
  • 11:00 – 11:15 Welcome
  • 11:15 – 12:45 Session 1 “Labor mobility and job search”, chair: Duncan Roth
    • Michaela Fuchs, Ramona Jost, Antje Weyh: How many gaps are there? Investigating the regional dimension of the gender commuting gap
    • Jan Cornelius Peters, Johannes Stiller: Graduate location choice and the (un-)attractiveness of rural areas in Germany
    • Mariya Afonina, Anna Zaharieva: How have you found your job? Effects of the job search channels on labour market outcomes in Germany
  • 12:45 – 13:45 Lunch break
  • 13.45 – 14:45 Keynote
    • Alessandra Faggian “The geography of hate: local determinants and consequences”
  • 14:45 – 15:00 Short break
  • 15:00 – 16:00 Session 2 “Entrepreneurship and innovation”, chair: Anja Rossen
    • Artem Korzhenevych, Tao Song: The effects of knowledge stock on green innovation by firms in China
    • Michael Fritsch, Michael Wyrwich: How is Regional Entrepreneurship Transferred over Time? The Role of Household Size and Economic Success
  • 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
  • 16:30 – 18:00 Session 3 “Cities”, chair: Jan Cornelius Peters
    • Katja Gehr, Michael Pflüger: The Worth of Cities in Germany
    • Rolf Bergs: Change of impervious space in German cities: A scaling law analysis
    • Daniel F. Heuermann, Philipp vom Berge: Segregation and the Structure of Cities
  • 19:00 Dinner, Tucher Bräu am Opernhaus

Friday, June 30, 2023

  • 09:00 – 10:00 Keynote
    • Wolfgang Dauth “The Labor Market Consequences of Living in Social Housing”
  • 10:00 – 10:10 Short break
  • 10:10 – 11:10 Session 4 “Wage inequality I”, chair: Luisa Braunschweig
    • Annekatrin Niebuhr, Jan Cornelius Peters, Duncan Roth: Dynamic agglomeration effects of foreigners and natives – The role of experience in high-quality sectors, tasks and establishments
    • Patrizio Lecca, Damiaan Persyn, Stylianos Sakkas: Regional Inequality under Capital-Skill Complementarity: a numerical general equilibrium analysis
  • 11:10 – 11:15 Short break
  • 11:15 – 12:15 Session 5 “Wage inequality II”, chair: Mara Buhmann
    • Regina T. Riphahn, Irakli Sauer: Earnings Assimilation of Post-unification East German Migrants in West Germany – The role of cultural similarity
    • Stephan Brunow: The wage structure of Polish workers in Germany
  • 12:15 – 13:15 Lunch break
  • 13:15 – 14:45 Session 6 “Local economic development and well-being”, chair: Moritz Meister
    • Malte Jahn: Regressing on distributions: Regional economic impacts of temperature
    • Martin Simmler, Damiaan Persyn: Transportation costs and local economic activity – Evi-dence from the German truck toll
    • Miroslav Despotovic, David Koch, Simon Thaler: Assessing the Immediate Living Environ-ment in an Automated Way Using Affective Content Analysis and Computer Vision
  • 14:45 – 15:00 Short break
  • 15:00 – 16:30 Session 7 “Local labor markets”, chair: Stefan Fuchs
    • Anne Meisiek, Moritz Meister, Annekatrin Niebuhr, Meike Rudolph: Local labour market effects of global value chain disruptions – evidence from another “China shock”
    • Philipp Grunau, Florian Hoffmann, Thomas Lemieux, Mirko Titze: Labor Market Effects of Place-based Policies – Evidence from Germany
  • 16:30 Farewell

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