Seit Januar 2019 veröffentlicht das ifo Institut seine monatlichen Umfrageergebnisse auch für die Dienstleistungssektoren in Ostdeutschland und Sachsen. In Ostdeutschland verbesserte sich die Geschäftslage der Dienstleister in den letzten Jahren kontinuierlich, während die...

We demonstrate that almost one half of the observed wage gap between East and West Germany reflects differences in worker, establishment, and regional characteristics rather than differences in productivity at the establishment level. Regional price and establishment size differentials alone...

In 2005, the unemployment compensation for long-term unemployed was reduced in Germany. We examine how this reform affected the transition probability to employment. Additionally, we inspect how this effect varies over unemployment duration. We estimate proportional hazard models using German...