socio-economic panel (SOEP) we make a we make a first attempt to measure these effects for Germany. We find only little … the crisis is best described as an exogenous growth shock we find that income inequality in Germany is very likely to be …

Germany has experienced tremendous growth rates in the aftermath of World War II. Since the early 1970s, growth rates … capital accumulation in Germany severely lags behind the average level of the developed countries. As this may explain the … moderate position of Germany in the group of the 25 richest countries, the developed countries in turn experience a period of …

This paper discusses the reasons for the dismal labor market performance of Germany over the last three decades along …