Based on the Linked-Employer-Employee data from the IAB (LIAB) we show how the horizontal occupational segregation of men and women in German establishments developed between 1996 and 2005. For this purpose we apply the dissimilarity index and the standardized dissimilarity index at the...

"In Germany, temporary wage subsidies (Eingliederungszuschüsse) can be granted to employers if they hire workers with obstacles to placement. Based on the 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 waves of the IAB Establishment Panel, this paper looks into the following questions: Is there a connection between...

"Over 400 employment companies are presently operating in eastern Germany. They were founded to influence socially acceptable employment reductions brought about by transformation process and to provide support for the creation of new jobs. After a blanket agreement between the Treuhandanstalt...

Im April 1992 wurden zum dritten Mal alle noch bestehenden 6688 Treuhandfirmen über ihre Beschäftigungsperspektiven schriftlich befragt. Gleichzeitig wurde zum zweiten Mal allen 4100 vollständig privatisierten Ex-Treuhandfirmen ein entsprechender, aber verkürzter Fragebogen zugesandt. Die...

At the start of the German unification process it was a commonly held view that east German living conditions will converge to west Geman levels within a few years. This view was not only held by notoriously optimistic politicians but also by a great many of professional economists. With...