. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences …We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers … substantial differences in the employment behavior of East and West German mothers. German family policy sets incentives …

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 …

the importance of childcare related variables. We find working mothers do not increase their working hours when hourly … wages increase, indeed, they are more likely to reduce their hours. The major inducement for working mothers to increase … at increasing working hours amongst British mothers of pre-school children may need to focus on the quality as well as …

Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace …-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain … the differences between East and West Germany as well as the corresponding changes in NUD over time. Blinder …

Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as … effectiveness of two start-up programs in East Germany. Our findings – even though partly preliminary – are rather promising … even in a labor market with structural problems such as the one in East Germany. …

explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …

persistence versus relatively high microeconomic labor market flow numbers. We calibrate the model for East Germany and examine …

throughout the years 1992-2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … occurred predominantly in the lower part of the wage distribution for women and in the upper part for men. Censored quantile … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …