criteria to measuring inequality of opportunity in Germany. We illustrate our ex-post inequality of opportunity approach based …

integration. however, little is known about the development of equality of opportunity (EOp) in East and West Germany after 1990 … in East and West Germany. Our results suggest that equal opportunities in Germany have grown since reunification …. Interestingly, EOp is larger in East than in West Germany. …

into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s …

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 …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … Germany. The - in some cases severe - differences identified are discussed in the context of the surveying and interviewing … exert a major influence on the substantive results and thus on the core findings regarding the social situation of Germany …