Interstate Migration Flows in Germany Since Unification: Temporal and Spatial Patterns

Are Regional Differences in Utility Eliminated Over Time? Evidence from Germany

“…There have of course been numerous studies of regional migration within Germany following reunification (for an overview on internal migration since the reunification of Germany see Kemper, 2004;Schlömer, 2004;and Berentsen and Cromley, 2005). Consistent with the hedonic hypothesis both wages and land prices converged fast at least in the early years after reunification.…”

Models of Migration: Observations and Judgements

“…The migration rates in the model presented in this section depend on origin, destination and age, and they may vary over time. Several authors have found that spatial patterns of migration are stable in time (Baydar 1983;Berentsen and Cromley 2005). It implies that the origin-destination interaction does not vary in time.…”

What drives urban population growth and shrinkage in postsocialist East Germany?

“…After the breakdown of the Soviet Union and the opening of the Iron Curtain, those cities were faced with massive problems in repositioning themselves within a market economy. The breakdown of the formerly prioritized industries led to drastic job losses and a persistent out‐migration toward economically more prosperous regions in Western Europe (Berentsen & Cromley, ; Burda, ). This development was accompanied by a harsh drop in fertility rates, known as the second demographic transition (Eberstadt, ), and a huge wave of residential suburbanization, a phenomenon which was more or less unknown under socialist rule.…”