more than 7,000 firm observations in Germany over a multi-year period. Our theoretical predictions are only supported for …

individual-based microdata from the GSOEP for 2006, we confirm that this relationship exists for Germany as well. More …

Germany, the two largest electricity distribution countries in Europe. We examine the relative performance of 99 French and 77 …

diversion failed as increasing shares of dismissals by prosecutors and judges enhance crime rates in Germany. Crime is …

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 …

2000s in Germany. Our study is the first to decompose this cross-sectional variance into its permanent and transitory parts … permanent component which has driven the strong expansion of cross-sectional inequality during the 2000s in Germany. -- Variance …

in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …