Denmark, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom, which represent four distinct ?institutional regimes?, we estimate the short …

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however full-time employment rates are …, differences in mothers? employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …

Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a …

structural breaks in the dynamics and the volatility of the real output process in Germany can be detected. We report evidence … that output volatility has declined in Germany. Yet, this decline in output volatility is not as clear-cut as it is in the … in Germany reflects good economic and monetary policy or merely `good luck'. …