Germany, as most other European countries, has been plagued by a persistently high level of long-term unemployment … level of long-term unemployment in Germany relative to the United States? …

This paper analyses the developments in the returns to education in West Germany for the period from 1984 to 1997 …. However, the estimates proved rather robust towards the specification of the wage equation and the estimation method. …

Germany as a business location. High direct investment outflows and low inflows compared with the United Kingdom and France … are often seen as a sign of weakness of Germany as a business location. The relative attractiveness of different countries …, foreign balance of payments data show that Germany has received a considerably higher amount of foreign direct investment than …