East Germany: A breakthrough?

The slow decline of East Germany

Article history: Received 14 August 2007 Revised 8 July 2008 Available online 23 August 2008 JEL classification: J61 J64 E24 P23 R11 O33

Church and State in East Germany

Determinants of East-West-migration in Germany: A macroeconometric analysis

A main feature characterising the transition process of eastern Germany is the scope with which East-West migration took place before, during, and after the German reunification. Overall, 4 million individuals left East Germany to migrate to the west between 1989 and 2007 (gross migration). Taking into account West-East migration, cumulative net migration amounted to 1.7 million persons. This r...

Innovation cooperation in East Germany – only a half-way success

The paper informs about innovation cooperation in East Germany. Besides a description of the cooperation behavior in general, it focuses on the question whether cooperating enterprises are more innovative and thus more productive than non-cooperating firms. A comparison between East and West German firms is being made. It can be shown that there are no deficiencies in cooperation frequency or c...

A cell physiologist between East and West Germany.

I was born in 1942 in the small city of Halberstadt. My fa8 ther was a surgeon and owned a small private clinic, he ended 9 up in jail in 1943 when he said something critical about 10 the Nazi regime. In April 1945, Halberstadt was bombed 11 flat. My mother fled with me as a little child into the rocks 12 surrounding the city. In May 1945, the Nazi regime ended 13 and my father was released as ...