unified Germany. Particularly differences in labour mobility give reason for the existence of West-East regimes of the …

construction sector in Germany. Instead of estimating the effect on employment, the authors focus on the change of prices on a firm … estimations show that the minimum wage did have a different impact in East and West Germany. In East Germany, we find significant …, there was no significant price reaction observed for West Germany. The minimum wage seems too low compared to the wages paid …

This paper studies the business cycle in Germany using the HP-filter (Hodrick/Prescott (1997)) to isolate the cyclical …