Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear shadow of death effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …

Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …

-employee data for Germany that allow to take the complete employment biographies of newly hired workers into account. The results …-Arbeitnehmer-Daten für Deutschland, die eine Berücksichtigung der gesamten Erwerbsbiografien von neu eingestellten Arbeitnehmern ermöglichen …

Using representative linked employer-employee data for Germany, this paper analyzes short- and long-run differences in …

Using a large administrative dataset for Germany, this paper compares employment developments in exiting and surviving … establishments. For both West and East Germany we find a clear “shadow of death” effect reflecting lingering illness: establishments … are more clearly visible in West than in East Germany. Our results also hold when applying a matching approach. …

Using comprehensive data for West Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of establishment exit. We find that …