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 assesses the existence and the extent of austerity‐oriented policies in Germany in the aftermath of the 2008 … readjustment', we do not see austerity policies in Germany, rather a continuation of the path that was adopted earlier. This can be …

Germany. We use a new data set on the level of German counties (Kreise) that is analyzed econometrically by a FGLS random …

chapter explores how Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, in terms of the strengths and vulnerabilities of their labour market …

This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from … business weakness in the aftermath of both World Wars. -- Job security regulations ; Germany ; institutional change ; varieties …

; Swedish benefits are the lowest or among the lowest, but very much in line with those in Germany. The benefits in the United …