German economy since 1995: 1) Germany offshores more intensively than other advanced countries; 2) The increase in … Germany would have occurred without the Hartz reforms, but later and less intensively. We finally discuss the possible …

investigate the effect of increases in the Value Added Tax on labor supply and the income distribution in Germany, which is …

Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear "shadow of death" effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …

markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage … mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s …

Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …

find that spinoffs are less likely to exit than other startups. We show that in West and East Germany and in all sectors …