The recent economic policy debate in Germany emphasizes the impact of globalization of the world economy on the German … Germany for the period from 1970 until German reunification in 1990. Building on the emphasis of trade theory on relative …

throughout the years 1992{2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. The increase was more pronounced in East Germany and … Germany, but changes in the characteristics captured better parts of the observed wage changes over time. …

workers in Germany, firms have incentives to invest relatively more into capital equipment complementary to unskilled workers … evidence consistent with this view based on an industry panel for West Germany and the US between the 1970s and 1990s. We show … that capital equipment per worker is less positively associated with the wage differential in West Germany than in the US …

This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment …