for the dramatic decline in employment and the unprecedented increase in unemployment in the east German economy. …

, we find no significant impact on post-unemployment employment stability. Our results are robust to allowing for random … heterogeneity into account. Our results indicate that participation in JCSs increases the unemployment duration mainly due to … leave unemployment quicker than other groups, which results in highly skilled women benefiting from participation. However …

Using register data from the IAB employment sample, this paper studies the wage structure in the German labor market … throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …

by way of empirical wage functions estimated on the basis of the Socio-Economic Panel for East Germany. The paper also … the macroeconomic level, we draw special attention to the important distinction between product and consumption wages …, describe the development of various wage measures, labor productivity and unit labor costs in East Germany in relation to West …