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We study whether the experience of losing one's job due to the Treuhand activities in the early 1990s affected long-term political behavior among citizens of the former German Democratic Republic. During the German Reunification process, the Treuhand coordinated the privatization of former GDR...
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that had been characterized for many years by high unemployment and declining employment. Beginning in 2005, however, the … young and smaller cohorts has affected the declining unemployment rate in East Germany. This paper tackles the question of … the ties between demography and unemployment in East Germany and to this end draws on the concepts of the cohort crowding …
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This paper indicates that East Germany's unemployment originates primarily in the labor market, caused by the fast wage … traps. -- Unemployment ; labor market trap ; East Germany …
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, and unemployment arising from the decline of the tradable sector …
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information on parents' schooling and employment status. Unemployment might have negative psychological effects, with impact on … unemployment was in fact the major driving force …
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This paper summarizes the findings of studies which investigate the determinants of wages in Germany, using data of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analyses apply least squares estimates as well as the estimators developed by Altonji and Shakotko, Rev. Econ. Stud. 54, 437...
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Regionale Divergenzen gewinnen in der öffentlichen Debatte zunehmend an Bedeutung, und Forderungen nach politischen Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung regionaler Unterschiede mehren sich. Für die Ausgestaltung solcher Maßnahmen ist es wichtig, die Art der Divergenzen richtig zu erfassen. Eine Analyse...
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Aufgrund der absehbaren demographischen Entwicklung wird in Ostdeutschland der Arbeitskräftemangel in den kommenden Jahren weiter zunehmen. Für eine Verbesserung des regionalen Arbeitskräfteangebots wird neben der Rückkehr von nach Westdeutschland abgewanderten Personen auch die Möglichkeit...
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This paper provides a decomposition of the projected change in the overall labour force in East and West Germany into three parts. The first, called the 'demographic component', shows the effects of fertility, mortality and a changing age structure of the population. The second effect is the...
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