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Explaining spatial patterns of foreign employment in Germany

This paper investigates the main determinants of the representation of foreign employees across German regions. Since migration determinants are not necessarily the same for workers of different nationalities, spatial patterns are explained not only for total foreign employment but also for the 35 most important migration countries to Germany. Based on a total census for all 402 German districts, the paper starts by showing the spatial distributions of workers with different nationalities and explains the emerging patterns by spatial error models. Although large heterogeneity in determinants across nationalities are found, similarities between country groups prevail. Economic conditions matter for most nationalities, whereas the importance of amenities and openness differ.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Regional Studies ; ISSN: 1360-0591 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: Latest Articles ; Pages: 1-13 ; London: Taylor & Francis

Classification
Wirtschaft
International Migration
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Subject
regional foreign employment
migration determinants
spatial models

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Lehmann, Robert
Nagl, Wolfgang
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Taylor & Francis
(where)
London
(when)
2018

DOI
doi:10.1080/00343404.2018.1515479
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  • Lehmann, Robert
  • Nagl, Wolfgang
  • Taylor & Francis

Time of origin

  • 2018

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