We draw on two decades of historical data to analyze how regional labor markets in West Germany adjusted to one of the …, similar in magnitude to the refugee inflow that Germany is experiencing today, also reduce native income losses markedly but …

if the greater variety in living arrangements contributes to increased resource disparities among children in Germany … increasingly important in-kind benefit in Germany. We find that both multidimensional inequality and poverty declined as expanded …

subsidization program in Germany. We find that 38% of the aggregate subsidy accrues to the top two deciles of the population, but …

. Further simulations highlight the importance of increased savings preferences in Germany to explain the latter. …

We present the estimated large-scale three-region DSGE model GEAR picturing Germany, the Euro Area and the Rest of the … present-value multipliers for distinct fiscal instruments, and to assess how discretionary fiscal policy in Germany and the …-on-quarter GDP growth substantially, both in Germany and in the rest of the Euro Area. The main drivers of GDP growth in Europe …

Using rich linked employer-employee data for (West) Germany between 1996 and 2014, we analyze the most important … the sources of the recent slowdown in German wage inequality and compare the results for West Germany to the ones for East … Germany. We disentangle the relative contribution of each single variable to the rise in wage dispersion using recentered …