the data. Our study covers the whole of Germany as well as East andWest Germany separately. We exploit district-level data … ; Germany …

interpret the estimation results for start-ups in knowledge intensive sectors in a reliable way. The remaining firms serve as a …

process. Our main finding is that city growth in western Germany did not follow a random walk, while city growth in eastern … Germany did follow a random walk. Different post-war economic systems are most likely responsible for this outcome. …

process. Our main finding is that city growth in western Germany did not follow a random walk, while in eastern Germany it did …

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …

We investigate the wage assimilation of East Germans who migrated to West Germany after reunification (1990-1999). We … to West Germany who arrived at the same time. The analysis uses administrative as well as survey data. The results … suggest that East Germans faced significant initial earnings disadvantages in West Germany, even conditional on age and …

This paper examines data on trade flows between West German Bundeslander (federal states) and East Germany to explore … find a home bias of about factor 2.2; West German shipments to East Germany are about 120% larger than deliveries to an …