Using the 41-year division of Germany as a natural experiment, we show that the GDR's gender-equal institutions created … a culture that has undone the male breadwinner norm and its consequences. Since reunification, East Germany still differs … from West Germany not only by a higher female contribution to household income, but also because East German women can earn …

den Lebensbedingungen in der DDR (mit)bestimmt werden. …

- East Germany and the states linked to the sphere of influence of the former USSR. Exploiting the natural experiment of … West Germans. Additionally, our analyses of secret police surveillance data from East Germany point to the fact that …

system, improved their situation. With newly available panel data on East Germany's socialist past, the German Democratic …

The affordability of housing has become a major topic of discussion in Germany among both social scientists and the …

music education programs are becoming increasingly popular among policy makers in Germany and other developed countries …

Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working …

entitlements and sheds light on determinants of this behavior. Against the background that educational mobility in Germany is low … former socialist East Germany choose to take up student aid than similar West German students. Finally, in line with …

-wing preferences and attitudes towards immigration. Using longitudinal data from Germany, our intergenerational estimates suggest that …