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. …

of two establishments in western Germany and only one out of four establishments in eastern Germany were covered by …

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

Using OLS and quantile regression methods and rich cross-section data sets for western and eastern Germany, this paper …

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that …