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Why do people still live in East Germany?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2000 - This version: February 2000
In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the … bring convergence, labor flows would respond, enhancing overall efficiency. Yet net emigration from East Germany has fallen … from high levels in 1989-1990 to close to zero. Using state-level data for all of Germany, available from 1991-1996, I am …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432775
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Why do people still live in East Germany?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2000
In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the … bring convergence, labor flows would respond, enhancing overall efficiency. Yet net emigration from East Germany has fallen … from high levels in 1989-1990 to close to zero. Using statelevel data for all of Germany, available from 1991-1996, I am …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325996
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Why do people still live in East Germany
Hunt, Jennifer - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001456007
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Why do people still live in East Germany?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2000
In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the … bring convergence, labor flows would respond, enhancing overall efficiency. Yet net emigration from East Germany has fallen … from high levels in 1989-1990 to close to zero. Using statelevel data for all of Germany, available from 1991-1996, I am …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001473833
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Why Do People Still Live in East Germany?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2000
In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the … bring convergence, labor flows would respond, enhancing overall efficiency. Yet net emigration from East Germany has fallen … from high levels in 1989-1990 to close to zero. Using state-level data for all of Germany, available from 1991-1996, I am …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471211
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Why Do People Still Live in East Germany?
Hunt, Jennifer - 2021
In 1997 GDP per capita in East Germany was 57% of that of West Germany, wage rates were 75% of western levels, and the … bring convergence, labor flows would respond, enhancing overall efficiency. Yet net emigration from East Germany has fallen … from high levels in 1989-1990 to close to zero. Using state-level data for all of Germany, available from 1991-1996, I am …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244103
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Residential mobility, migration and economic incentives : the case of Hungary in 1990-1999
Cseres-Gergely, Zsombor - 2002
Mobility in Hungary is a relatively infrequent phenomenon of which we have mostly aggregate-level information. I use settlement- and individual level data to show a more elaborate picture of the Hungarian population moving house across settlements and regions between 1990 and 1999. Along with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011522272
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Local and spatial cointegration in the wage curve : a spatial panel analysis for German regions
Kosfeld, Reinhold; Dreger, Christian - 2015
The wage curve introduced by Blanchflower and Oswald (1990, 1994) postulates a negative correlation between wages and unemployment. Empirical results focus on particular theoretical channels establishing the relationship. Panel models mostly draw on unionized bargaining or the efficiency wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411665
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Wages, rents, unemployment, and the quality of life
Wrede, Matthias - 2013 - This version: March 2013
Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a search-matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the willingness to pay for regional amenities and the regional quality of life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. The results are compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011560029
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High-impact minimum wages and heterogeneous regions
Vom Berge, Philipp; Frings, Hanna - 2017
We estimate the effects of the introduction and subsequent increases of a substantial minimum wage in Germany's main … rate for East Germany but did not have a significant impact on the West German equivalent. The estimated effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664363