The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we examine two transmission channels leading to single motherhood, namely out-of-partnership births and separations of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany...

Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier widmet sich der Frage, ob ostdeutsche Berufseinsteiger angesichts eines durch Transformationswirren gekennzeichneten Arbeitsmarktes schlechtere Startbedingungen hatten als westdeutsche Berufseinsteiger. Ferner werden die Folgen eines verzögerten Berufseinstiegs in...

In this paper we use panel data to analyse the health effects of fixed-term contract status on men and women in western Germany and Spain. This paper asks whether the changes in the employment relationship due to employment law liberalisation have altered the positive health effects associated...