With a focus on individual motorists in car-owning households in Germany, this analysis econometrically investigates the determinants of automobile travel for nonwork service activities against the backdrop of two questions: (a) Does gender play a role in determining the probability of car use...

In the wake of the Melitz (2003) model of heterogeneous firms in international trade, new theoretical models arose that try to assess the impact of trade on wage inequality within sectors, a feature that neoclassical trade theory cannot sufficiently explain. Based on the predictions of Helpman,...

Strongly correlated and spatially concentrated curtailment of power plants strongly affects the electricity market. Such curtailment is observed during heat waves in middle Europe, for example. First, curtailed power plants need to be substituted by more expensive ones. Second, additional...

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we compare total individual income of permanent adult residents, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West...

Ein erklärtes Ziel der deutschen Wirtschaftspolitik direkt nach der deutschen Vereinigung bestand in einer möglichst schnellen Angleichung der innerdeutschen Lebensverhältnisse. Die persönlichen Bruttoeinkommen der Ost- und Westdeutschen haben sich in den ersten zehn Jahren tatsächlich...

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we compare total individual income of permanent adult residents, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West...

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we compare total individual income of permanent adult residents, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West...

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we compare total individual income of permanent adult residents, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West...