out both for West Germany - a mature market economy - and for East Germany, which operated under a centrally planned …

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …

substantial minimum wage in the main construction industry of Germany. Using a regional dataset constructed from individual … wage growth rate for East Germany but did not have a significant impact on the West German equivalent. The estimated effect …

statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a …

statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a …

environmental conditions that are absent in smaller cities or remote and rural areas. Germany provides a clear counterexample to … such theories. We argue that a main force behind the geography of innovation in Germany is the country's federal tradition …

investigates and analyzes the pandemic's effect on new business formation, as well as business exits and insolvencies, in Germany …

. In this process, the poorly functioning socialist system of East Germany adopted the formal institutions and organization … of West Germany, a western-style market economy. We investigate the effect of this integration on patenting activity by …, the gap between East and West Germany widened considerably over time. This divergence in innovation activity suggests that …