Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

participation caused by budget rules in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s, resulting in the infamous "end-of-year spending". In …

This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …

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

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

effects of the most important type of public sector sponsored training in Germany, namely the provision of specific … Germany compared to East Germany. …

occupational mobility. We use longitudinal data for young workers with apprenticeship training in West Germany. Workers make …

periods and the size of unemployment benefits on unemployment durations and post-unemployment earnings in West Germany. For …

estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use …

We use a new and exceptionally rich administrative data set for Germany to evaluate the employment effects of a variety … dynamic selection into programs. Our results suggest that in West Germany both short-term and medium-term programs show … exceptions, we find little evidence for significant positive treatment effects in East Germany. There is some evidence that the …