unemployment. Simulating job matching patterns in a scenario of economic convergence between eastern and western Germany … demonstrates that wage convergence is the most effective means of attracting human capital to eastern Germany. … of internal job matching flows in Germany. Estimates from a nested logit model of destination choice suggest that spatial …

interpret the estimation results for start-ups in knowledge intensive sectors in a reliable way. The remaining firms serve as a …

actually favors stabilization. In an empirical analysis for Germany, the paper adds support for the finding of significant … regional stabilization by fiscal flows. The results indicate that about 17 % of GDP variation across West Germany's states has … been removed by fiscal flows during the last two decades. Thus, in Germany where the fiscal federalism is criticised for …

in the effect of happiness gaps: couples are more likely to break-up when the difference in life satisfaction is …This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts … divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we …

Germany has recently made extensive reforms in its tertiary education system. Traditional degrees are being replaced by … traditional degree program has affected first-year students’ satisfaction. Three dimensions of student satisfaction are focused … upon: Student satisfaction with teaching, student satisfaction with the organization of the study programs, as well as an …

Our paper describes the results of a Social Return on Investment analysis of four new housing projects in Germany. A … residents, point not only to improvements in living satisfaction, but indicate also a huge potential for socio-economic cost …

policy in economies with labor market rigidities. In an application to western Germany it is demonstrated that nonparametric …