We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …

Der Aufsatz untersucht anhand von Mikrodaten aus der Beschäftigtenstatistik die Lohn- und Beschäftigungseffekte der …

unbalanced panel over the transition period 1994 to 1998. We adopt a translog stochastic frontier model to estimate technical … efficiency in eastern and western Germany. The results indicate that firms in eastern Germany are significantly less efficient … than firms in western Germany. The paper also examines some of the possible correlates of regional variations in firm …

region where the degree was earned, and the place of work. Eastern Germany serves as an interesting showcase in light of the … ongoing debate surrounding the underrepresentation of eastern Germans in top positions in Germany. We examine the career paths … returns with regard to obtaining a job suited to their skill level and with high wages. Our data set combines information on …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage age and education, with the income of the teenager's family, with migration status, residence in East Germany, and … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We analyze the relation between population aging and the decline of unemployment in East Germany for the years from … the workforce counteracted unemployment decline since 2005. Spatial panel regressions on the small-scale regional level …. Overall results show that the declining unemployment rate in East Germany is indeed affected by aging as evidenced by a …

Westeuropa zu relativen Lohngewinnen für eher wenig komplexe Jobs in Deutschland führt, während der Lohn komplexer Jobs negativ …, respectively. Offshoring to these origins has opposing effects on German wages with respect to the relative task complexity of jobs …: While offshoring to the West puts pressure on the wages of complex jobs and increases the wages of simple jobs, offshoring …