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 … parts of the country, women are more likely to work part-time today than in the past although, at 27.8 hours per week, the …

women participating in the labor force has grown. The more highly qualified they are, the greater their participation in the … labor market - and the level of qualification among women has increased considerably, now approaching that of men …. Regardless of their qualifications, women's willingness to participate in the labor market has risen appreciably in all age …

In Germany, the number of women in relationships who are in gainful employment is on the rise. According to recent … calculations by DIW Berlin based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), women contributed 30 percent of joint … for this development is the increasing shift of women out of unemployment and into part-time and marginal employment …