Germany, who lived in East Germany in 1989, with groups of West German statistical twin workers, all taken from the Socio …. Wages of migrants to West Germany equal the ones of their West German statistical twins. We conclude that labor markets in … East and West Germany are still characterized by wage differences but that the degree of inequality in both regions …

In Germany, there is an ongoing debate about how to increase the efficiency of the social security system and … especially its financing. The aim of this paper is to simulate different financing systems for Germany. The introduction of a …

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 …

In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a … in Germany. On the other hand, the relative stability in wage inequality during the sub-period 2002-2006 was caused by … coefficient effect maintained a positive influence in both the western region, eastern region and in reunified Germany alike …

Analyse der Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland einbezogen. Im Ergebnis führt dies bei den verfügbaren Haushaltseinkommen zu …

' income divide the German nation. We find that the neighbourhood income effect for West Germany is negative (which is in line … social interactions between neighbours take place. In contrast, the coefficients on neighbourhood income in East Germany are … there is a divide between East and West Germany, but also that neighbours may not be a relevant comparison group in …

weiblichen Erwerbsmustern in Deutschland interpretiert. …

question, we use the reunification of Germany as a natural experiment and study the post-reunification trajectory of …