Threshold effects and regional economic growth – Evidence from West Germany

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We study an overlapping generations model of human capital accumulation with threshold effects using regional data for West Germany. Our basic goal is to shed light on the growth of West German regions. The paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a trimodal distribution. Thus, application of the threshold model to a real world case, here West Germany, shows that the model might help to explain regional growth patterns.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: HWWA Discussion Paper ; No. 136

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
• Subject: Regional Economic Growth ; Human Capital ; Germany ; Regionales Wachstum ; Bildungsinvestition ; Entwicklungskonvergenz ; Regionale Wachstumstheorie ; Overlapping Generations ; Alte Bundesländer ; Deutschland ; Schwellenwert

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Funke, Michael ; Niebuhr, Annekatrin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA)
• (where): Hamburg
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19415
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET