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 …

Germany is one of the most important exporters of manufacturing goods in the world, but by far not all manufacturing … firms in Germany are exporters, and there is a remarkable gap between the share of exporters in all manufacturing firms … between West Germany and East Germany. While in West Germany in 2004 about two in three manufacturing plants were exporters …

Germany. The share of subsidized firms in all firms was considerably larger in East Germany than inWest Germany in every year …. In both parts of Germany many firms with subsidies receive only a small amount per employee, while only some firms …

Deutschland von 1980 bis 2004 deutlich zurückgegangen ist, und zwar bei Männern wie Frauen und in verschiedenen … im Zeitablauf sowie zwischen West- und Ostdeutschland zum größten Teil nicht durch unterschiedliche Merkmale der …