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

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It …

immigration to Germany. On the basis of a complete balance of life cycle taxes paid and transfer received by native and migrant …

In the late nineties, Germany was often seen as a laggard with respect to labor market and welfare state reforms with … Germany have in fact contributed to overcoming structural weaknesses of a Continental European ‘welfare state without work …

unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals’ probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …

This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labor market and social policy in Germany … study points at the changes in Germany’s status- and occupation-oriented unemployment benefit regime that has been …

Labor force participation rates of mothers in Austria and Germany are similar, however fulltime employment rates are …, differences in mothers’ employment patterns can partly be explained by the different tax systems: While Germany has a system of …