exploiting the reorganization of the school system in East Germany after reunification. Our identification strategy utilizes …

Using the 41-year division of Germany as a natural experiment, we show that the GDR's gender-equal institutions created … a culture that has undone the male breadwinner norm and its consequences. Since reunification, East Germany still … differs from West Germany not only by a higher female contribution to household income, but also because East German women can …

This paper documents the relationship between foreign ownership and firm survival for enterprises in Germany using … providing the first evidence on the role of foreign ownership for firm survival in Germany, one of the most important … for foreign owned firms in West Germany but not in East Germany. -- foreign ownership ; firm survival ; Germany …

developed country. It uses unique new data from Germany - one of the leading actors on the world market for services - that …

Comparing domestic- and foreign-owned firms in Germany, this paper finds that foreign-owned firms are more likely to …

- East Germany and the states linked to the sphere of influence of the former USSR. Exploiting the natural experiment of … West Germans. Additionally, our analyses of secret police surveillance data from East Germany point to the fact that …