overlap is far from being perfect. Using unique firm-level data from Germany, this study estimates the determinants of the …

We study the link between performance pay and alcohol use in Germany, a country with mandated health insurance … conclude that even in the face of mandated health insurance, the link found in the US persists in Germany. …

likelihood of receiving employer provided training. Using unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, we confirm that …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we show that single women in East Germany are significantly … more likely to give birth to a child than single women in West Germany. This applies to both planned and unplanned births …. Our analysis provides no evidence that the difference between East and West Germany can be explained by economic factors …

safety. Works councils may help mitigate these failures. Using establishment data from Germany, our empirical analysis …