This paper assesses whether the economy of East Germany is catching up with the West German region in terms of welfare … studies of convergence between regions of reunified Germany, our approach is purely based upon the time series dimension and … is thus directly focused on the catching up process in East Germany as a region. Our testing setup includes standard ADF …

In this article, I analyze the changes in wage inequality in the eastern region, western region and reunified Germany a … in Germany. On the other hand, the relative stability in wage inequality during the sub-period 2002-2006 was caused by … coefficient effect maintained a positive influence in both the western region, eastern region and in reunified Germany alike …

Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper analyses wage setting in a cohort of newly founded … and other establishments from 1997 to 2001. While theory provides alternative explanations for higher or lower wages in … newly founded firms, we show empirically that start-ups tend to pay lower wages, ceteris paribus. On average, wages in newly …

) prognostizieren, dass Deutschland im Jahr 2023 im Vergleich zu anderen führenden Volkswirtschaften weltweit am schlechtesten … OECD both expect Germany to be the worst-performing leading economy in the world in 2023. Beyond recent shocks, German …

Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany in 1990. We analyse the dynamics of the East German housing market within … reactivated since the economy of East Germany became market organized. Since initial undersupply was overcome faster than …