in manufacturing firms from East Germany and West Germany. It documents that these margins do still differ in 2010, 20 … years after the re-unification of Germany. West German firms outperform East German firms at all four margins of exports … West Germany compared to East Germany. …

Almost a quarter of a century after the fall of the Wall, there are still more women in employment in eastern Germany …. Immediately after reunification (1991), the employment rate for women in western Germany was 54.6 percent but since then, this has … increased year on year, reaching 67.5 percent in 2012. In eastern Germany, female employment initially plummeted after the fall …

focusing on certain industries. Several support schemes offered by the Federal government in Germany are already competition …