Labour Supply and Regional Labour Market Situation Authors Uwe Blien Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und BerufsforschungNürnberg, Deutschland Franziska Hirschenauer Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und BerufsforschungNürnberg, Deutschland DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rara-2020-0033 Keywords: Labour supply, Labour force participation, Labour force participation rate, Census 2011, German district regions Abstract Germany is particularly affected by demographic change. Therefore, increasing labour market participation is considered an important labour market policy objective because it can counteract shortages of labour supply due to the aging population. The scope for increasing labour force participation is not limited to certain groups of people. It also has a spatial dimension. This paper therefore analyses the regional differences in the labour market participation of men and women of different age groups at the level of German district regions. 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