We study the labor market outcomes of a deregulation reform in Germany that removed licensing requirements to become …

deregulation reduces profits per unit of output, and thereby reduces training. On the other hand, the number of firms increases … results are unambiguous and show that an increase in product market deregulation generates a sizeable increase in training …

differences between regulated occupations and unregulated occupations in East Germany to the corresponding differences in West … Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self …-employment and occupational mobility after reunification more in regulated occupations in East Germany than in West Germany. Our …

, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those …

Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in …

into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s …

- Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that …