Globalization and local profiles of economic growth and industrial change

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We analyze how globalization has affected the sectoral anatomy of regional growth in Germany over the period 1978-2008. The aggregate German economy is characterized by a secular decline of manufacturing and a rise of modern service industries. This trend - also known as Petty's law - is not uniform across space, however. Some regions exhibit it at an even accelerated pace, while other regions have reinforced their manufacturing specializations. We first categorize all German regions into one of three groups, with protrend, anti-trend or featureless growth. Afterwards we propose an explanation why a particular region ended up in one of those groups: We argue that the regional profiles of growth and change are systematically related to the initial sizes, and the import and export exposures of the local manufacturing sectors.

Object Details

• ISBN: 978-3-86304-141-0
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: DICE Discussion Paper ; No. 142

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes ; Industrialization; Manufacturing and Service Industries; Choice of Technology ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions
• Subject: structural change ; local industry compositions ; trade exposure ; local employment growth

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dauth, Wolfgang ; Suedekum, Jens
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE)
• (where): Düsseldorf
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/96488
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET