Auch 30 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall besteht vielfach Unzufriedenheit über den Stand des „Aufbau Ost“. Tatsächlich ist die Situation in vielen Bereichen weitaus besser als es dem allgemeinen Stimmungsbild entspricht: Die realen verfügbaren Einkommen liegen bei 92% des westdeutschen Niveaus,...

Fifteen years after German reunification, the facts about slow regional convergence have born out the prediction of Barro (1991), except that migration out of East Germany has not slowed down. I document that in particular the 18-29 year old are leaving East Germany, and that the emigration has...

Fifteen years after German reunification, the facts about slow regional convergence have born out the prediction of Barro (1991), except that migration out of East Germany has not slowed down. I document that in particular the 18-29 year old are leaving East Germany, and that the emigration has...

Economic disruption in East Germany at the time of unification resulted in a noticeable drop in life satisfaction. By the late 1990s East Germany's life satisfaction had recovered to about its 1990 level, and its shortfall relative to West Germany was slightly less than that before unification....