Employment problems in West Germany

Atypical employment in Germany

The employment of mothers: Recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany

The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences in the ...

The Duration of Marginal Employment in West Germany: A Survival Analysis Based on Spell Data

Employment effects of work sharing: an econometric analysis for West Germany

In this paper we estimate the employment effects of a reduction in weekly normal hours in West German manufacturing on the basis of an econometric models using industry panel data. We distinguish between unskilled, skilled and high-skilled workers and show that labor demand elasticities with respect to real wages differ significantly between these three skill groups. Given wages, the direct emp...

Local day-care quality and maternal employment: Evidence from East and West Germany