throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …

regional mobility in West Germany but higher occupational mobility in East Germany. The results show that if occupations were …

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 …

Germany. Hypothesis upon the influence of potential determinants are derived from theoretical approaches explaining the growth … Germany. With an yearly average of 15.8% (11.8%), the growth rates of innovative firms in Western (Eastern) Germany are … Western Germany grow faster than firms in Eastern Germany. Furthermore, an unequal distribution of the average annual growth …

and Western Germany. Descriptive analyses have shown that most firms experience only small positive or negative employment … when separatingEastern and Western Germany as well as usingdifferen t definitions of fast growingfirms. Moreover, the …

East Germany which point to a substantial shift in industry structure. Minimum wages decreased both market entries and … some type of evasion strategy in eastern Germany, particularly since wages for skilled roofers declined towards the minimum …

Unternehmensgründungen in Deutschland leistet. Aber auch andere unternehmens- und unternehmerbezogene sowie unternehmensexterne Faktoren …

This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …

This paper examines to what extent marital sorting affects cross-sectional earnings inequality in Germany over the past … based on a structural model of household labor supply. For West Germany, a positive effect of marital sorting on inequality … participation. In East Germany, the impact of marital sorting on inequality is highly disequalizing irrespective of adjusting for …