exact contribution of deununionization is a matter of debate, perhaps no more so than in Germany, our case study. The … Germany more generally. …

lesbians in Germany. Applications for four fictional female characters are sent out in response to job advertisements: a …

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe … sector in Germany. We also conduct our analysis at the individual worker level, and find that trade had a stabilizing overall …

Based on representative micro data for Germany, we compare the incomes of self-employed with those of wage workers. Our …

setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …

location choice of immigrants and the reflection problem. We exploit a rare immigrant settlement policy in Germany to identify …

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …

entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …

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

manufacturing industries in Germany. We use unique newly available data that for the first time combine information from the …