their jobs, had changed their occupations and industries, and had moved to West Germany. We partially close the gap in the … data by linking the "Integrated Employment Biographies" - that start in 1992 for East Germany - with the GDR's "Data Fund … in den Daten teilweise, indem wir die "Integrierten Erwerbsbiographien" - welche 1992 für Ostdeutschland beginnen - mit …

There is a large and successful literature exploiting the division and re-unification of Germany as a natural … participation (FLFP) in East Germany as compared to West Germany. The starting point of the analysis is the empirical pattern that …

This paper uses micro data to analyze the wage structures in East Germany and West Germany before and after unification …. In 1988, the wage distribution in East Germany was much more compressed than in West Germany or in the U.S. Since the … collapse of Communism and unification with West Germany, however, the wage structure in eastern Germany has changed …

In 1988, the wage distribution in East Germany was much more compressed than in West Germany or the U.S. Since the … collapse of Communism and unification with West Germany, however, the wage structure in eastern Germany has changed … Germany, individual variation in wage growth is similar to typical western levels. The wage structure of former East Germans …

Labour market developments have Germany undergone two shocks: German reunification in the early 1990s, and the Hartz … these developments are mainly the result of legal changes in Germany - changes which, with respect to employment creation …