Demographic change and the rising demand for highly qualified labor in Germany attracts notice to the analysis of … origin. The rising wage inequality in Germany since the mid nineties will also be considered. We find a negative wage gap and …

workers. We analyze the determinants of successful high school graduation in Germany. As our main database, we use the youth …

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based …, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West Germany over the fifteen years for which data are available. Using a … highest negative income gap. This probably reflects out-migration from East Germany by the young and highly skilled. On the …