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Is East Germany Catching Up? A Time Series Perspective
Aumann, Bernd; Scheufele, Rolf - 2009
This paper assesses whether the economy of East Germany is catching up with the West German region in terms of welfare. While the primary measure for convergence and catching up is per capita output, we also look at other macroeconomic indicators such as unemployment rates, wage rates, and...
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What Happened to the East German Housing Market? – A Historical Perspective on the Role of Public Funding –
Michelsen, Claus; Weiß, Dominik - 2009
The paper analyses the development of the East German housing market after the reunification of the former German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990. We analyse the dynamics of the East German housing market within the framework of the wellknown stockflow model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271413
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Strukturelle Konvergenz der ostdeutschen Wirtschaft
Röhl, Klaus-Heiner - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 36 (2009) 1, pp. 67-81
anhaltend hohen Arbeitslosigkeit. Demgegenüber weist Ostdeutschland eine konstant hohe Wachstumsrate des industriellen Sektors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011633234
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A Detailed Decomposition of Changes in Wage Inequality in Reunified Post-transition Germany 1999-2006: Accounting for Sample Selection
Al-Farhan, Usamah Fayez - 2010
In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a decade after reunification. For that purpose, I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1999 - 2006, and implement the decomposition methodologies of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600912
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Structural change in US wage determination
Rich, Robert W.; Rissmiller, Donald - 2001
This paper provides an empirical investigation into the determinants and stability of the aggregate wage inflation … process in the United States over the 1967-2000 period. Using compensation per hour as the measure of wages, we specify a … Phillips curve model that links wage growth to its past values as well as to the unemployment rate, price inflation, labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283324
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How is real convergence driving nominal convergence in the new EU Member States?
Lein-Rupprecht, Sarah M.; León-Ledesma, Miguel A.; … - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the empirical relevance of real convergence on the process of nominal convergence for the new EU Member States. We discuss two of the main channels through which real convergence could affect relative prices with respect to the euro area: productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604873
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Blooming landscapes in East Germany?
Berlemann, Michael; Thum, Marcel - In: CESifo Forum 06 (2005) 4, pp. 16-22
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Much ado about little: The fiscal impact of German economic unification
Posen, Adam - In: CESifo Forum 06 (2005) 4, pp. 33-36
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695822
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Convergence in GDP per Capita in the Euro Area and the EU at the Time of COVID-19
Licchetta, Mirko; Mattozzi, Giovanni - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 1, pp. 43-51
This paper investigates determinants of convergence in GDP per capita in the euro area and the EU between 1995 and 2021. It finds that the COVID-19 crisis temporarily slowed convergence but the estimated negative impact is significantly smaller than during the global financial crisis. Diverging...
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How much of a socialist legacy? The reemergence of entrepreneurship in the East German transformation to a market economy
Fritsch, Michael; Bublitz, Elisabeth; Rusakova, Alina; … - 2012
The 40 years of socialist regime in East Germany were characterized by a massive anti-entrepreneurship policy. We investigate the reemergence of entrepreneurship in East Germany during its transformation to a market economy following the collapse of the East German state in 1989. It took about...
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