We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …

planned GDR and the market-oriented Federal Republic of Germany, rapidly raised fears about mass migration movements from the … and west Germany. It will also provide a foundation for the development of a new forecast based on amore updated …

This paper documents whether female East-West migrants in Germany after the reunification experience a gain or a …