The recent economic policy debate in Germany emphasizes the impact of globalization of the world economy on the German … Germany for the period from 1970 until German reunification in 1990. Building on the emphasis of trade theory on relative …

Despite the increasing occurrence of part-time employment in Germany, the effects on wage rates are rarely studied. I … unobserved individual characteristics yields a wage cut of about 10 percent in West and East Germany. Furthermore, the type of … that the part-time wage gap shrinks, the empirical evidence reveals that wage differentials in West-Germany increased over …

Despite the increasing incidence of part-time employment in Germany, the effects on wage rates are studied rarely. I … measure the socalled part-time wage gap of both, men and women in East and West Germany. A very robust finding is that part …-constant unobserved individual characteristics yields a wage cut of about 10 percent in East and West Germany. Furthermore, the type of …