Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that single women in East Germany are significantly … more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births …. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference between East and West Germany can be explained by economic factors …

reduce inequality. We study the local and aggregate effects of collective bargaining in Italy and Germany. The two countries … West more productive than the East in Germany - but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages … based on nationwide contracts that allow for limited local wage adjustments, while Germany has moved toward a more flexible …

formerly socialist (rather gender-equal) East Germany and the capitalist (rather gender-traditional) West Germany shaped … couples in West (but not East) Germany diminished the wife's labor market outcomes in order to avoid situations where she … would earn more than him. However, the significance of the male breadwinner prescription seems to decline in West Germany …

break. Using the correction, the paper confirms that the rise in wage inequality among full-time workers in West Germany …

differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …

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

social capital as measured by interpersonal and institutional trust in post-reunification Germany. We estimate the economic …

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