The new economics of geography raises questions of whether inequality within countries and between nations within the EU in terms of (local) attractiveness, well-being and economic performance may be rising.
IX. Scientific Conference together with the MPIfG: Regional Disparities and Inequality as Challenges for Social Cohesion?
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW)
The new economics of geography raises questions of whether inequality within countries and between nations within the EU in terms of (local) attractiveness, well-being and economic performance may be rising.
If so, this tends to challenge exist-ing political structures, voting behaviour and the acceptance of change due to digi-talisation and increasing uncertainty. How could these different developments in our societies and within the EU be managed? How could social cohesion and social capital be strengthened? How can collective goods still be supplied? How important are housing, regional development and infrastructure enablers? What are similari-ties, what are differences between approaches of economists and sociologists in dealing with these topics?
IX. Scientific Conference: Regional Disparities and Inequality as Challenges for Social Cohesion?
Programme
IX. Scientific Conference: Regional Disparities and Inequality as Challenges for Social Cohesion?
Presentations
Starker Anstieg des Einsamkeitsgefühls bei Paaren
Das Einsamkeitsempfinden der Deutschen ist seit 2017 stark angestiegen. 2021 fühlte sich jeder fünfte Deutsche einsam. Je nach Geschlecht und Familienstand unterscheiden sich die Deutschen in der Entwicklung ihres Einsamkeitsempfindens:
IW
Becoming neighbors with refugees and voting for the far-right? The impact of refugee inflows at the small-scale level
We investigate the effect of the refugee inflow between 2014 and 2017 on the electoral support for far-right parties in the 2017 German federal election. Leveraging unique, fine-grained data, we differentiate between the impact of refugee inflow at two ...
IW