simultaneously explains participation, employment and wages. The model, estimated for East and West Germany on the basis of the …

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 …

Western parts of Germany. Empirical analysis reveals that wages of male job stayers in the Eastern and Western parts of … Germany are rigid, which leads to significant wage flexibility for internal and external movers. At the aggregate level, wages … flexibility in Germany's labor market can be attributed to relatively more flexible wages of the external and internal movers in a …

region where the degree was earned, and the place of work. Eastern Germany serves as an interesting showcase in light of the … ongoing debate surrounding the underrepresentation of eastern Germans in top positions in Germany. We examine the career paths … PhD graduates and their place of birth collected from data on PhD dissertations in Germany with data from administrative …

explaining mortality crises and their relevance for the case of East Germany. Based on individual-level panel data the …