Globalization and Local Profiles of Economic Growth and Industrial Change

36 Pages Posted: 3 May 2014

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Wolfgang Dauth

Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

Jens Suedekum

Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract

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.

Keywords: structural change, local industry compositions, trade exposure, local employment growth

JEL Classification: R11, O14, F16

Suggested Citation

Dauth, Wolfgang and Südekum, Jens, Globalization and Local Profiles of Economic Growth and Industrial Change. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8161, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2432445 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2432445

Wolfgang Dauth (Contact Author)

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Germany

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Jens Südekum

Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) ( email )

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Duesseldorf, NRW 40225
Germany

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) ( email )

London
United Kingdom

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) ( email )

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Munich, DE-81679
Germany

Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

P.O. Box 7240
Bonn, D-53072
Germany

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