Search Results - subject:"West Germany"

Location, industry structure and (the lack of) locally specific knowledge: On the diverging development of rural areas in Germany's East and West

Margarian, Anne; Hundt, Christian - 2019

Some rural regions in Western Germany have experienced a very positive economic development in terms of employment and incomes in the past decade. This development, however, is in sharp contrast to the the enduring economic lag of many rural regions in Eastern Germany. This paper seeks to find...

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Out-of-partnership births in East and West Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe; Chadi, Cornelia - 2019

more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births …. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference between East and West Germany can be explained by economic factors … West Germany. Partly, they also reflect a long historical divide that predates the 1945 separation of Germany. …

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Wage Equalization and Regional Misallocation : Evidence from Italian and German Provinces

Boeri, Tito - 2019

In many European countries, wages are determined by collective bargaining agreements intended to improve wages and reduce inequality. We study the local and aggregate effects of collective bargaining in Italy and Germany. The two countries have similar geographical differences in firm...

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Out-of-Partnership Births in East and West Germany

Jirjahn, Uwe - 2019

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Does Society Influence the Gender Gap in Risk Attitudes? Evidence from East and West Germany

Struewing, Cornelia - 2019

Previous international research has shown that women are more risk averse than men. This gives rise to the question whether the gender gap in risk attitudes is shaped by the social environment. We address this question by examining risk attitudes among East and West Germans. Originated from...

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Firm Heterogeneity, Productivity, and the Extensive Margins of Trade – Differences Between Manufacturing Firms in East and West Germany

Krenz, Astrid - 2019

I investigate the relationship between the extensive margins of imports and exports (the number of countries traded with and the number of goods traded) and firm productivity using a newly constructed and rich panel data set of German manufacturing firms for the years 2009-2014. I do for the...

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Firm Heterogeneity, Productivity, and the Extensive Margins of Trade – Differences Between Manufacturing Firms in East and West Germany

Krenz, Astrid - 2019

I investigate the relationship between the extensive margins of imports and exports (the number of countries traded with and the number of goods traded) and ﬁrm productivity using a newly constructed and rich panel data set of German manufacturing ﬁrms for the years 2009-2014. I do for the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891169

Wage Equalization and Regional Misallocation : Evidence from Italian and German Provinces

Boeri, Tito - 2019

Italy and Germany have similar geographical differences in productivity – North more productive than South in Italy; West more productive than East in Germany – but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages based on nationwide contracts that allow for limited local...

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Women and the labour market in East and West Germany : the role of socialist legacy and pre-socialist tradition

Wyrwich, Michael - 2019

There is a successful and growing number of studies published in top-economics journals that exploit the division and re-unification of Germany as a natural experiment for analysing the effects of political regimes on economic behaviour. One strand of the literature shows that socialism shaped...

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Wage Equalization and Regional Misallocation : Evidence from Italian and German Provinces

Boeri, Tito - 2019

Italy and Germany have similar geographical differences in productivity - North more productive than South in Italy; West more productive than East in Germany - but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages based on nationwide contracts that allow for limited local wage...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479565