This paper analyzes the impact of participation in job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized the economic environment. JCSs were heavily used in...

This paper analyzes the impact of job creation schemes (JCSs) on job search outcomes in the context of the turbulent East German labor market in the aftermath of the German reunification. High job destruction characterized the economic environment. JCSs were heavily used in order to cushion this...

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 brought the end of socialism, yet pro-socialist sentiment regained momentum surprisingly quickly across Eastern Europe. Why did voters move back to an ideology that was associated with unfree elections and lackluster economic performance? This paper points to...

Die deutsche Wiedervereinigung und die Systemtransformation in Rußland stehen für zwei große Herausforderungen beim institutionellen, wirtschaftlichen und wirtschaftspolitischen Umbau industrialisierter Volkswirtschaften. Ausgewäh¤lte unternehmerische, juristische und politische...