East Germany has been deindustrialized with employment in mining and manufacturing falling to one quarter of its pre …-unification level. This paper argues that the government imposed an inconsistent policy toward employment on the privatization agency … employment subsidies were offered to prospective purchasers), the Treuhand engaged in large-scale labour shedding prior to …

This paper provides a brief overview of the East German employment problem and presents a simple model in which to … little, if any, attention in the ongoing public debate on how to raise East German employment efficiently. This paper … that revenue- or profit-sharing may be expected to bring the labour market close to full employment even when the …

have favoured insider-outsider behaviour. The result has been massive destruction of employment. Thus, the most fatal …

for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …

We study the impact of employment quota on firms' demand for disabled workers. The Austrian Disabled Persons Employment …-compliance tax generates strong employment effects for low-wage firms and weak effects for high-wage firms. We also find that growing …