not display any catch-up effects. I also find a substantial heterogeneity inWest and East Germany. Because the reform … use the unanticipated reform in 2007 to assess how a move from a means-tested to an earnings-related benefit affects … higher-order births. By using the German Mikrozensus 2010, I find that the reform significantly affected the timing of higher …

international comparison often are empirically addressed. In Germany relative weights are derived from a highly sophisticated …

As a consequence of the rapid growth of temporary agency employment in Germany, the debate on the remuneration of … temporary agency workers has intensified recently. The study finds that the earnings gap of temporary help workers in Germany is … have to accept a pay penalty. A recent reform set a high incentive for temporary help agencies to pay their workers …

prolonged wage moderation, especially in industry, fuelled a large and mounting current account surplus in Germany, that … Germany, must also play an active role in fostering the adjustment of the deficit countries. A possible synthesis is proposed …. The implication is that Germany may contribute to the correction of imbalances within the euro area not so much by …

undergoing fundamental reforms in many Western countries. Starting with cohort 1937, Germany introduced permanent pension … background of this reform for cohorts 1935-1945. I measure the profitability with the internal rate of return (IRR) and use high … that the deductions introduced by the reform only cause some part of this trend. The majority of the trend, about 75 …