This paper contains a description and analysis of the labour market in East Germany and an econometric evaluation of … unemployment in East Germany are summarized together with an attempt at evaluation of the sources of joblessness. Moreover … explanation of wage formation in East Germany. Finally, a macroeconometric rationing model based on the smoothing by aggregation …

The recent economic policy debate in Germany emphasizes the impact of globalization of the world economy on the German … Germany for the period from 1970 until German reunification in 1990. Building on the emphasis of trade theory on relative … higher skill levels monotonically. Import competition as well as total factor productivity were increasing disproportionately …