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Regionale Wachstumseffekte der GRW-Förderung? Eine räumlich-ökonometrische Analyse auf Basis deutscher Arbeitsmarktregionen

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  • Bjoern Alecke

    (GEFRA - Gesellschaft fuer Finanz- und Regionalanalysen)

  • Timo Mitze

    (RWI - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

  • Gerhard Untiedt

    (GEFRA - Gesellschaft fuer Finanz- und Regionalanalysen)

Abstract

Die vorliegende Arbeit analysiert den Einfluss der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ (GRW) auf das Produktivitätswachstum von 225 deutschen Arbeitsmarktregionen im Zeitraum 1994 bis 2006. Ausgangspunkt der Untersuchung ist eine „Barro-Type“-Schätzgleichung auf Basis wachstumsökonomischer Überlegungen. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit kommt dabei der Quantifizierung des Effekts der GRW als erklärende Variable zuteil. Hier zeigen die Schätzergebnisse für verschiedene Modellspezifikationen einen signifikant positiven direkten Einfluss der Förderung auf die Produktivitätsentwicklung für knapp zwei Drittel der geförderten Arbeitsmarktregionen. Um die Robustheit der Ergeb-nisse zu überprüfen, wird das klassische ökonometrische Modell schließlich um „räumliche“ Komponenten erweitert. Die Schätzung eines Spatial Lag Modells zeigt zunächst, dass für deutsche Arbeitsmarktregionen ein positiver räumlicher Wachstumsverbund zu beobachten ist, d.h. von einer stärker wachsenden Region gehen positive Spillovereffekte auf die Nach-barregionen aus. Wird darüber hinaus versucht, für räumliche Effekte der exogenen Variab-len zu kontrollieren, ergeben sich auf Basis eines Spatial Durbin und Spatial Durbin Error Modells negative Spillovereffekte der GRW-Förderung. Dieser Effekt bleibt dabei stabil, wenn räumliche Lags weiterer erklärender Variablen in die Schätzgleichung aufgenommen werden. Der negative indirekte Effekt der GRW-Förderung führt dazu, dass nur noch für knapp 45% der Fördergebiete mit niedrigem Ausgangseinkommen ein positiver Gesamtef-fekt auf das Produktivitätswachstum zu beobachten ist (etwa 73% des Einkommensniveaus der nicht-geförderten westdeutschen Arbeitsmarktregionen).

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  • Bjoern Alecke & Timo Mitze & Gerhard Untiedt, 2010. "Regionale Wachstumseffekte der GRW-Förderung? Eine räumlich-ökonometrische Analyse auf Basis deutscher Arbeitsmarktregionen," Working Papers 5-2010, GEFRA - Gesellschaft fuer Finanz- und Regionalanalysen.
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    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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