earnings in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and the US. The main findings are as follows …: the importance of family and community background in Germany is higher than in Denmark and comparable to that in the US … to family and community factors shared by brothers while the corresponding estimates are 43 percent in Germany and 45 …

results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly …

Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals …Unter Verwendung eines großen repräsentativen Datensatzes für Deutschland stellt diese Studie Fehlzeiten von …