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 …

part of Germany and western Germany. Although the demography of these two regions has converged with respect to mortality … and overall fertility levels, non-marital births are the norm in eastern Germany but the exception in western Germany. A … number of explanations, stemming from the policy and socio-economic conditions of eastern and western Germany in recent …