markets. Using German administrative data we describe wage mobility since 1975 in West and since 1992 in East Germany. Wage … mobility declined substantially in East Germany in the 1990s and moderately in East and West Germany since the late 1990s …

This paper documents the magnitude, pattern, and evolution of lifetime earnings inequality in Germany. Based on a large …

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

while their risk of becoming unemployed was lower. In particular in eastern Germany, joining firms that were older than six …