Holst, Elke; Wieber, Anna - In: DIW Wochenbericht 81 (2014) 40, pp. 967-975
Almost a quarter of a century after the fall of the Wall, there are still more women in employment in eastern Germany …. Immediately after reunification (1991), the employment rate for women in western Germany was 54.6 percent but since then, this has … increased year on year, reaching 67.5 percent in 2012. In eastern Germany, female employment initially plummeted after the fall …