Der Grundsatz der "Gleichwertigkeit der Lebensverhältnisse" wird heute in Deutschland allgemein akzeptiert und steht als eines der fundamentalen Prinzipien des deutschen föderativen Staates - abgeleitet aus dem Sozialstaatsprinzip - nicht zur Disposition. Allerdings wird über die "richtige"...

This paper examines whether some East German regions have already achieved the same economic capability as the regions in West Germany, so that they are on a competitive basis with the West German regions and are able to reach the same economic level in the long run. If this is not the case, it...

Comparing aggregate statistics and surveying selected empirical studies, this paper shows that the characteristics and results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly in others even 25 years after unification. Whereas...