Data collection template and questionnaire

Gross job destruction (destruction of gainful employment) ⁷²⁰

	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Baden Württemberg	234.940	283.335	341.434	326.497	314.322	329.936	309.330	291.708	285.774	260.321	284.153	326.605
Bavaria	396.814	414.690	485.315	462.417	474.458	500.803	486.850	457.535	433.813	417.148	452.053	508.083
Berlin	183.455	181.194	167.362	173.151	162.150	172.333	172.488	161.730	161.472	159.994	161.420	167.756
Brandenburg	226.680	222.904	177.234	159.735	177.047	200.721	196.603	188.263	201.881	185.810	186.769	182.307
Bremen	28.490	27.606	29.717	28.975	29.779	30.215	29.464	29.194	29.144	29.101	30.027	30.009
Hamburg	61.170	63.899	67.173	66.145	64.394	67.677	64.947	61.277	59.474	57.089	61.287	66.776
Hesse	156.714	173.173	200.765	195.625	193.375	208.913	199.581	187.038	182.072	176.463	184.706	212.884
Mecklenburg Western Pomerania	185.453	196.977	144.299	143.106	149.111	166.343	169.430	152.267	159.290	151.426	148.033	142.716
Lower Saxony	279.159	277.821	327.949	309.444	320.602	353.649	353.343	326.594	310.190	319.016	325.044	338.783
North Rhine Westphalia	503.541	557.554	636.133	603.592	587.548	617.945	584.769	556.925	557.575	556.135	594.766	653.071
Rhineland Palatinate	123.341	131.850	150.070	140.356	141.980	150.648	148.433	136.974	131.841	130.126	134.328	149.496
Saarland	36.820	37.249	43.733	37.625	35.405	38.521	35.585	33.178	33.974	33.670	34.182	36.920
Saxony	393.092	421.682	338.261	285.159	323.882	362.109	380.593	336.562	354.384	343.305	327.666	314.212
Saxony Anhalt	239.270	240.050	226.233	204.934	223.759	250.912	245.700	219.862	227.146	211.454	199.565	195.602
Schleswig Holstein	108.859	109.925	120.414	119.889	116.795	125.599	123.066	115.844	110.800	110.841	117.690	123.178
Thuringia	252.998	263.774	206.729	174.173	195.350	221.278	218.237	191.242	204.712	191.005	182.008	180.670

We will need a list of ‘designated regions; i.e. those which the national authorities designate as warranting policy support and towards which they claim (nominally, at least) to direct extra resources and attention.
The objective 1 regions as defined under the ESF are also those regions especially profiting from national public transfer instruments.⁷²¹

	2000-2006 (mio €)
			ERDF		ESF		EAGGF
	Total	EU contribution	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%
Eastern part of Berlin	2120.302	687.558	517.858	75.32%	162.663	23.66%	7.037	1.02%
Brandenburg	6733.047	3090.223	1639.26	53.05%	730.66	23.64%	720.302	23.31%
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	5493.088	2455.750	1100.19	44.80%	613.47	24.98%	742.09	30.22%
Saxony	11240.40	4858.610	3057.598	62.93%	1098.191	22.60%	702.821	14.47%
Saxony-Anhalt	8697.414	3360.445	1908.342	56.89%	715.254	21.32%	730.849	21.79%
Thuringia	10018.45	2886.137	1480.29	51.29%	866.7	30.03%	539.147	18.68%

Moreover, also objective 2 regions are relevant under this heading.⁷²²

	2000-2006 (mio €)
			ERDF		ESF		EAGGF
	Total	EU contribution	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%	EU contribution	%
Baden-Württemberg	1160.366	97.769	97.769	100%	-	-	-	-
Bavaria	2200.882	536.638	475.804	88.66%	60.834	11.34%	-	-
Western part of Berlin	1179.189	384.449	244.125	63.50%	140.324	36.50%	-	-
Bremen	354.659	113.034	113.034	100%	-	-	-	-
Hamburg	12.384	6.192	6.192	100%	-	-	-	-
Hesse	542.379	183.519	183.519	100%	-	-	-	-
Lower Saxony	1492.457	733.953	682.254	92.96%	51.699	7.04%	-	-
North Rhine-Westphalia	3598.623	970.361	823.62	84.88%	146.741	15.12%	-	-
Rhineland-Palatinate	1402.927	170.677	158.877	93.09%	11.8	6.91%	-	-
Saarland	981.785	171.089	130.841	76.48%	40.248	23.52%	-	-
Schleswig-Holstein	831.107	258.319	221.747	85.84%	36.572	14.16%	-	-