birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …

examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …

strongest with respect to affiliate employment in Western Europe. A one percent larger wage gap between Germany and locations in …

The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by … human capital endowments; in fact, the effective stock on human capital in East Germany is lower than in West Germany when … younger cohorts. This impedes a fast convergence in productivity between East and West Germany. …