Until the mid-1980s, labour markets in Germany were characterized by a high level of employment stability. Employment … biographies of men were dominated by full-time employment in both East and West Germany and were hence quite similar in this …-standardization and increased discontinuity in employment biographies began in East Germany later than it did in the West. East German …

reduce inequality. We study the local and aggregate effects of collective bargaining in Italy and Germany. The two countries … West more productive than the East in Germany - but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages … based on nationwide contracts that allow for limited local wage adjustments, while Germany has moved toward a more flexible …

results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly …

results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly …Durch Vergleich aggregierter Statistiken und ausgewählter empirischer Studien zeigt dieser Beitrag, dass 25 Jahre nach … der deutschen Einheit sich die Merkmale und Ergebnisse der Arbeitsmärkte in West- und Ostdeutschland in mancher Hinsicht …

results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly …

in manufacturing firms from East Germany and West Germany. It documents that these margins do still differ in 2010, 20 … years after the re-unification of Germany. West German firms outperform East German firms at all four margins of exports … West Germany compared to East Germany. …

The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel … of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany have both a higher probability of out-of-partnership birth and a … East and West Germany. The differences in single motherhood appear to be rather driven by cultural and economic factors. …