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A look behind the curtain: Measuring the complex economic effects of regional structural funds in Germany

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  • Jonathan Eberle
  • Thomas Brenner
  • Timo Mitze

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This paper investigates the mutual impact channels of Germany's major regional policy instrument (GRW) on regional economic development. Different from earlier studies which have predominately focused on a partial assessment of output effects, we explicitly endogenize the factor inputs of the underlying production function. This allows us to comprehensively assess the role of the GRW in driving per capita output, employment, human and physical capital intensities as well as the region's technological growth. The results from a spatial panel vector autoregressive model show that GRW funding has significant positive effects on regional output, the employment rate and human capital intensity. Este artículo investiga los canales de impacto mutuo del principal instrumento de política regional (GRW, por sus siglas en alemán) de Alemania sobre el desarrollo económico regional. A diferencia de estudios anteriores, que se han centrado predominantemente en una evaluación parcial de los efectos de la producción, este estudio interioriza explícitamente los insumos de los factores de la función de producción subyacente. Esto permite evaluar de manera integral el papel del GRW en el impulso de la producción per cápita, el empleo, las intensidades de capital humano y físico, así como el crecimiento tecnológico de la región. Los resultados de un modelo de panel espacial vectorial autorregresivo muestran que la financiación del GRW tiene efectos positivos significativos en la producción regional, la tasa de empleo y la intensidad del capital humano. 本稿では、ドイツの主な地域の政策手段 (GRW)の、地域の経済発展に対する相互作用のチャネルを検討する。アウトプット効果の部分的な評価に特に重きを置いていた過去の研究と異なり、本研究では、根底にある生産機能の要素投入量を明確に内生化する。これによって、GRWの、一人当たり生産額、雇用、人的資本および物理的資本の集約度の他に、地域の技術的成長の促進における役割を包括的に評価することができる。空間的パネルベクトル自己回帰モデルによる分析の結果から、GRWによる資金調達は、地域の生産額、雇用率、人的資本の集約度に対して有意な正の効果があることが示される。

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  • Jonathan Eberle & Thomas Brenner & Timo Mitze, 2019. "A look behind the curtain: Measuring the complex economic effects of regional structural funds in Germany," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(2), pages 701-735, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:2:p:701-735
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12373
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    1. Brachert, Matthias & Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich & Dettmann, Eva & Giebler, Alexander & Schneider, Lutz & Titze, Mirko, 2020. ""Evaluation der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe 'Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur' (GRW)" durch einzelbetriebliche Erfolgskontrolle: Endbericht," IWH Online 5/2020, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
    2. Bjorn Alecke & Timo Mitze, 2023. "Institutional reforms and the employment effects of spatially targeted investment grants: The case of Germany's GRW," Papers 2302.11376, arXiv.org.
    3. Jonathan Eberle & Thomas Brenner & Timo Mitze, 2020. "Public Research, Local Knowledge Transfer, and Regional Development: Insights from a Structural VAR Model," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 43(6), pages 555-586, November.
    4. Eva Dettmann & Matthias Brachert & Lutz Schneider & Mirko Titze, 2021. "Die Wirkung von GRW-Investitionszuschüssen — ein Beitrag zum Aufholprozess? [Did GRW Investment Grants Contribute to the Catching-up of East Germany?]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 101(1), pages 26-31, March.
    5. Eberle, Jonathan & Böing, Philipp, 2019. "Effects of R&D subsidies on regional economic dynamics: Evidence from Chinese provinces," ZEW Discussion Papers 19-038, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
    6. Mitze, Timo & Breidenbach, Philipp, 2023. "The complex regional effects of macro-institutional shocks: Evidence from EU economic integration over three decades," Ruhr Economic Papers 1007, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
    7. Sven Wardenburg & Thomas Brenner, 2020. "How to improve the quality of life in peripheral and lagging regions by policy measures? Examining the effects of two different policies in Germany," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(5), pages 1047-1073, November.
    8. Sven Wardenburg & Thomas Brenner, 2021. "Analysing the spatio-temporal diffusion of economic change - advanced statistical approach and exemplary application," Working Papers on Innovation and Space 2021-01, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography.
    9. Boeing, Philipp & Eberle, Jonathan & Howell, Anthony, 2022. "The impact of China's R&D subsidies on R&D investment, technological upgrading and economic growth," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    10. Sven Wardenburg & Thomas Brenner, 2019. "The impact of place-based policies on perceived regional living conditions across German labor market regions. Examining the impacts on migration flows," Working Papers on Innovation and Space 2019-02, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography.

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