trusting attitude than West Germans. This suggests a negative effect of communism in East Germany versus democracy in West … Germany on social and institutional trust. However, the experience of democracy by East Germans since reunification did not …

results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly …

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

simultaneously explains participation, employment and wages. The model, estimated for East and West Germany on the basis of the …

We quantify the value of changes in life circumstances in Germany following reunification. To this end, we develop and …

explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …

East and West Germany were far from being randomly selected treatment and control groups. First, the later border is … occupying forces affected East and West differently. Third, a selective fifth of the population fled from East to West Germany …

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 …