The vast majority of regions in West Germany, and the EU, have become more similar in terms of per-capita income and …

product policy. We analyse these questions with a unique data set provided by Statistics Germany that contains both product …

-out clauses in such agreements in East Germany. Rather, the shift of East Germany's economic structure towards lower-paying types …

regions of unified Germany. If firm-specific effects explain wage dispersion between firms, a decomposition of the wage … to firm-specific influences, like distinctions in market power. For Germany, a considerable part of the difference in the … firms of the same type in East Germany compared with their counterparts in West Germany. -- Productivity ; Wage …