The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel … of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany have both a higher probability of out-of-partnership birth and a … East and West Germany. The differences in single motherhood appear to be rather driven by cultural and economic factors. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage age and education, with the income of the teenager's family, with migration status, residence in East Germany, and … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage age and education, with the income of the teenager's family, with migration status, residence in East Germany, and … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage age and education, with the income of the teenager's family, with migration status, residence in East Germany, and … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports countercyclical teenage fertility. …

We study the development of teenage fertility in East and West Germany using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel … teenage age and education, with the income of the teenager's family, with migration status, residence in East Germany, and … aggregate unemployment. Our evidence supports counter-cyclical teenage fertility. …

We analyze the relation between population aging and the decline of unemployment in East Germany for the years from …. Overall results show that the declining unemployment rate in East Germany is indeed affected by aging as evidenced by a … 1996 to 2012. To this we scrutinize both a direct and an indirect effect of aging on unemployment. The direct effect …

average. Yet, in counties neighboring West Germany, we find that courses reduced unemployment. Low labor demand may have …After the German Reunification in 1990, East Germany transitioned from a centrally planned economic system to a market … been analyzed so far. Based on newly digitized data, we evaluate the effects of VHS courses on unemployment in a county …