We demonstrate that almost one half of the observed wage gap between East and West Germany reflects differences in worker, establishment, and regional characteristics rather than differences in productivity at the establishment level. Regional price and establishment size differentials alone...

The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1992 to 2013. Additionally, the East-West gap and its trend are separately analyzed for men and women as well as for...

Verfolgen Hochschulen explizite oder implizite Strategien, mit denen sie regional wirksam werden? Vor dem Hintergrund des demografischen Wandels interessiert dies vor allem in Schrumpfungsregionen, da dort die Regionalentwicklung besonders kritisch ist. Entsprechend hoch sind in den demografisch...

The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1992 to 2013. Additionally, the East-West gap and its trend are separately analyzed for men and women as well as for...

Mit den ökonomischen Unterschieden zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland geht eine hohe Arbeitskräftemobilität einher. Auf das Pendeln entfällt ein bedeutender Anteil dieser Arbeitskräftemobilität. In der vorliegenden Dissertation werden die Determinanten und Auswirkungen des Pendelns zwischen...

Physical stature is used as a proxy for the biological standard of living in the two Germanies before and after unification in an analysis of a cross-sectional sample (1998) of adult heights, as well as among military recruits of the 1990s. West Germans tended to be taller than East Germans...