Following German reunification in 1990, East Germany's centrally planned economy was abolished and replaced by West … Germany's social market economy. Western Germany has since provided vast financial support to aid the transformation, and …: * the relative backwardness of East Germany's economy * the impact of monetary and economic integration * restructuring and …

Barro (1991), except that migration out of East Germany has not slowed down. I document that in particular the 18-29 year … old are leaving East Germany, and that the emigration has accelerated in recent years. I document that low wages, high … unemployment and increasing reliance on social security persist across wide regions of East Germany together with these migration …

Barro (1991), except that migration out of East Germany has not slowed down. I document that in particular the 18-29 year … old are leaving East Germany, and that the emigration has accelerated in recent years. I document that low wages, high … unemployment and increasing reliance on social security persist across wide regions of East Germany together with these migration …