Early-Career Female Researchers at Workshop in London

On 16–17 March, the “2nd Workshop of Early Career Women in Economic Geography and Spatial Economics” took place in London. The workshop aims to support women-led research by bringing together advanced PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers working in the fields of economic geography and spatial economics. Among the ten participants selected through a competitive application process, the Thünen Institute was represented twice by Dimitria Freitas and Anna Kremer.

Dimitria Freitas presented a recent study on the relocation of public employment in Bavaria as part of the “Heimatstrategie” and its economic impacts. Using an empirical analysis and a quantitative spatial model, she finds positive effects for both the origin and destination regions. The outcome variables considered include employment, unemployment, and population size.

Anna Kremer presented a study on the influence of local diversity on the innovation capacity of German municipalities. She measures local diversity based on regional origin using a proxy derived from surname distribution. The estimates show a positive relationship with the number of patents generated. This positive effect is linked to knowledge externalities. The working paper can be found here (https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-1004928).

Contact: Dr. Anna Kremer and Dimitria Freitas