This study analyzes the employment effects of training in East Germany. We propose and apply an extension of the widely … program. -- evaluation of active labor market policy in East Germany ; nonparametric matching ; conditional difference …

In East Germany, active labour market policies (ALMPs) are used on a large scale to contain fast rising unemployment …

Germany in the last decade. The effectiveness of the most important programs (in terms of participants and spending) such as … effectiveness of two start-up programs in East Germany. Our findings even though partly preliminary - are rather promising, showing … a labor market with structural problems such as the one in East Germany. -- Start-up subsidies ; evaluation …

employment duration in East Germany. The data is taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analysis is …

throughout the years 1992-2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. -- wage inequality … ; censored quantile regression ; Machado/Mata decomposition ; IABS ; East Germany ; West Germany …

differences between regulated occupations and unregulated occupations in East Germany to the corresponding differences in West … Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self …-employment and occupational mobility after reunification more in regulated occupations in East Germany than in West Germany. Our …

during the period 1992-2004. The main result is that regional convergence in unified Germany has been substantial. In the …