This paper investigates the economic conditions of stepfamilies in Germany, the Russian Federation and France using … economic hardship than nuclear families in France and western Germany. Socio-demographic differences between family types … families in France. For western Germany, differences between nuclear and stepfamilies remain after controlling for socio …

Background: After the reunification of Germany, mortality among older eastern Germans converged quickly with western … western Germany to determine whether any changes in downward and in upward transfers in the form of time and money occurred … data sources to test our hypothesis, including mortality rates and time use surveys for East and West Germany and …

While regional mortality inequalities in Germany tend to be relatively stable in the short run, over the course of the … re-emergence of stark differences between eastern and western Germany after 1970, which have almost disappeared again in … the decades after Germany’s unification in 1990; but also substantial changes in the patterns in northern and southern …

Since the unification of Germany in 1990, the former communist eastern part of the country has experienced substantial … in Germany. In particular, we investigate to what extent East-West differences are related to the fact that parts of … western Germany belong to the European dorsal (or Blue Banana arc), which has long been the most important area of economic …

societies create. We use Germany as a case study. However, the general insights that we obtain can be generalized to other …

childcare are strikingly different in France than in Western Germany, reflecting long-standing policy orientations. Attitudes …

This paper seeks to quantify all public and private interage monetary flows in Germany applying the National Transfer … Account method. Germany's lifecycle deficit is shaped by long periods spent in education, early retirement, and low labor … force participation rates among the older work force, resulting in a rather short surplus period. Germany is a picture book …