Peripheral regions commonly appear to be less attractive to live in and policymakers all over the world are applying various measures to make them more attractive. This paper analyzes the effects of two very different measures: The German municipal fiscal equalization scheme and the German structural funds for economically weak areas (GRW). It focusses on the impact on perceived quality of life, measured through interregional migration between German labor market regions. Using a spatial vector autoregressive panel model, we find evidence that equalization transfers have a significant positive impact on regional net migration and contribute to the aim of regional equity. These effects are especially found for regions with low endogenous fiscal capacities. GRW funding reveals no significant effects on net migration rates in total, but short‐term effects in rural regions.

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如何通过政策措施改善周边和落后地区的生活质量？考察德国两项不同政策的影响

周边地区通常似乎对居住环境吸引力不大，世界各地的政策制定者正在采取各种措施使之更具吸引力。本文分析了两种截然不同的措施的效果：德国市政财政均等化计划和德国经济薄弱地区的结构性资金（GRW）。它着重于通过德国劳动力市场区域之间的区域间迁移来衡量的对感知生活质量的影响。使用空间矢量自回归面板模型，我们发现证据表明均衡转移对区域净移民具有显着的积极影响，并有助于实现区域公平的目标。这些影响尤其适用于内生财政能力低的地区。GRW资金显示总体上对净迁移率没有显着影响，