Zmiany w spójności gospodarczej i społecznej niemieckich landów w latach 2000–2015
Changes in the Economic and Social Cohesion of the German States in the Years 2000–2015

Summary/Abstract: The paper seeks to determine the occurrence of economic and social cohesion between GermanLänder. To achieve this aim, the author used the following methods: analysis of the literature,descriptive statistics, dissipation and clustering analysis. The research is based on data downloadedfrom the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Four variables were taken into consideration: GDPper capita, gross wages per worker, employment rate and unemployment rate. The study coveredthe period from 2000 to 2015, including a breakdown in two sub-periods: 2000–2008 (before theglobal financial crisis) and 2008–2015 (after the start of the crisis).The results of the research show that the disparities in the level of economic and socialdevelopment between the Länder of Germany (East and West) decrease very slowly, before andafter the outbreak of the crisis. In the analyzed period Relatively quick was the process of catchingup in the GDP level, then in the level of wages and the slowest in employment and unemploymentlevel. However, despite the catching-up in development, the Eastern and the Western Länder stillshare a fairly large distance in the basic economic indicators.

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