We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe – in the period 1988-2008 on German local labor markets. Using detailed administrative data, we exploit the cross-regional variation in initial industry structures and use...

We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and "the East" – China and Eastern Europe – in the period 1988-2008 on German local labor markets. Using detailed administrative data, we exploit the cross-regional variation in initial industry structures and use...

The economic transformation taking place in Eastern Europe and Asia is in particular a challenge for Japan and Germany. As the immediate neighbours, they are both, positively and negatively, affected by the economic and social transformation of these regions. At the same time, since they are...

Kaum war die Wirtschaftskrise von 2008 und 2009 richtig im Bewusstsein der Bevölkerung angekommen, so scheint sie schon wieder vorbei zu sein. Wirtschaftspolitischer Pragmatismus regierte, ja triumphierte. Das sogenannte neoliberale Projekt ist seitdem weitgehend diskreditiert,...