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IWH Alumni The IWH maintains contact with its former employees worldwide. We involve our alumni in our work and keep them informed, for example, with a newsletter. We also plan…
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Wirtschaft im Wandel
Wirtschaft im Wandel Die Zeitschrift „Wirtschaft im Wandel“ unterrichtet die breite Öffentlichkeit über aktuelle Themen der Wirtschaftsforschung. Sie stellt wirtschaftspolitisch…
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East Germany
The Nasty Gap 30 years after unification: Why East Germany is still 20% poorer than the West Dossier In a nutshell The East German economic convergence process is hardly…
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Transformation tables for administrative borders in Germany
Transformation tables for administrative borders in Germany The state has the ability to change the original spatial structure of its administrative regions. The stated goal of…
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Data
Transformation tables for administrative borders in Germany – data In order to demonstrate what kind of information the available tables contain and how they are structured, the…
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Does Administrative Status Matter for Urban Growth? – Evidence from Present and Former County Capitals in East Germany
Bastian Heider, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld, Albrecht Kauffmann
Growth and Change,
No. 1,
2018
Abstract
Public sector activities are often neglected in the economic approaches used to analyze the driving forces behind urban growth. The institutional status of a regional capital is a crucial aspect of public sector activities. This paper reports on a quasi-natural experiment on county towns in East Germany. Since 1990, cities in East Germany have demonstrated remarkable differences in population development. During this same period, many towns have lost their status as a county seat due to several administrative reforms. Using a difference-in-difference approach, the annual population development of former county capitals is compared to population change in towns that have successfully held on to their capital status throughout the observed period. The estimations show that maintaining county capital status has a statistically significant positive effect on annual changes in population. This effect is furthermore increasing over time after the implementation of the respective reforms.
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6th Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth: “What are the Factors of Success for Cities in the Process of European Integration?”
Martin Gerischer, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 3,
2016
Abstract
Am 7. und 8. April 2016 fand am IWH zum sechsten Mal das „Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth“ statt, das seit 2006 im Abstand von jeweils zwei Jahren veranstaltet wird. Der Fokus der diesjährigen Tagung lag auf den Herausforderungen, die sich aus der zunehmenden europäischen Integration für die Entwicklung der Städte bzw. bestimmter Kategorien von Städten ableiten lassen.
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Does Administrative Status Matter for Urban Growth? Evidence from Present and Former County Capitals in East Germany
Bastian Heider, Albrecht Kauffmann, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Abstract
Public sector activities are often neglected in the economic approaches used to analyze the driving forces behind urban growth. The institutional status of a regional capital is a crucial aspect of public sector activities. This paper reports on a quasi-natural experiment on county towns in East Germany. Since 1990, cities in East Germany have demonstrated remarkable differences in population development. During this same period, many towns have lost their status as a county seat due to several administrative reforms. Using a difference-in-difference approach, the annual population development of former county capitals is compared to population change in towns that have successfully held on to their capital status throughout the observed period. The estimations show that maintaining county capital status has a statistically significant positive effect on annual changes in population. This effect is furthermore increasing over time after the implementation of the respective reforms.
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Metropolregionen als Schlüssel zum wirtschaftlichen Erfolg?: 5. „Halle Forum“ des IWH und der ARL am 11./12. Dezember 2014
A. Förtsch, Albrecht Kauffmann, Martin T. W. Rosenfeld
Nachrichten der ARL,
No. 2,
2015
Abstract
Seit 2006 findet am Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH) in Halle an der Saale alle zwei Jahre das „Halle Forum on Urban Economic Growth“ statt. Ziel dieser Veranstaltungsreihe ist es, ein internationales und interdisziplinäres Forum für den Austausch aktueller Forschungsergebnisse zu Strategien und Verläufen der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung von Städten zu bieten, mit einem Fokus auf altindustrielle Regionen und post-sozialistische Länder. Das nunmehr bereits fünfte „Halle Forum“ befasste sich schwerpunktmäßig mit der „richtigen“ Governance von Metropolregionen und den wirtschaftlichen Effekten von verschiedenen Formen der metropolitanen Governance. Zusätzlich wurden weitere zentrale Zukunftsthemen der Stadtentwicklung aufgegriffen.
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