unemployment only and not heterogeneous with respect to individual characteristics or unemployment duration, we conclude that only …

We analyze guest-workers' expected duration of stay in Germany within an econometric model taking into account the … important distinction between permanent and temporary stayers, where the expected duration of stay for the latter is …

1996. I do not find any effects of unemployment duration on the transition from unemployment to selfemployment. Moreover …

earnings. Females in Germany adapt their fertility behaviour more strongly in response to economic incentives than their … harmonisation process related to European integration. This study uses large scale administrative data from France and Germany to … analyse and directly compare fertility patterns in two major European economies over a period of 15 years. Strong evidence is …

How does a negative labor demand shock impact fertility? I analyze this question in the context of the East German … fertility decline after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I exploit differential pressure for restructuring across East …. Thus, the demand shock did not only depress the aggregate fertility level but also changed the composition of mothers. My …

EU Eastern Enlargement elicited a rise in (temporary) labour market oriented immi-gration to Germany starting in May … outcomes in Germany. We finda transitory negative wage effect among German nationals, particularly at the bottom ofthe wage …