This paper exploits data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to re-examine the gender wage gap in Germany on …, especially in East Germany. Women appear penalized twice, with both lower mean wages and greater wage inequality. A hypothetical …

-out clauses in such agreements in East Germany. Rather, the shift of East Germany's economic structure towards lower-paying types …

We revisit the development of monthly wages in Germany between 2000 and 2017. While wage inequality strongly increased …

countries around the world. In Germany, the reduction in life expectancy at birth between 2019 and 2020 was comparatively small … in western Germany (-0.36 vs. -0.16 years). Men in eastern Germany experienced the biggest decline in life expectancy at … expectancy at birth was also greater in eastern (-0.25 years) than in western Germany (-0.10 years). As a result of these …

Germany in the second half of the 2000s. We analyse to what extent the increasing relevance of capital income as well as the …

This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …

This study revisits the increase in wage inequality in Germany. Accounting for changes in various sets of observables …

While monthly wage inequality in Germany continued to increase strongly until 2010, it recently returned to the level …