Local employment growth in West Germany: A dynamic panel approach

The Determinants of Local Employment Growth in Germany

This paper studies the impact of the local industrial structure on employment dynamics in Germany. Local employment growth is decomposed into internal growth resulting from employment changes in existing plants and external growth, which is determined by employment decisions of newly established plants. The dynamics of both components are estimated simultaneously, taking explicitly into account...

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

Elasticities of market shares and social health insurance choice in Germany: a dynamic panel data approach.

In 1996, free choice of health insurers was introduced to the German social health insurance system. One objective was to increase efficiency through competition. A crucial precondition for effective competition among health insurers is that consumers search for lower-priced health insurers. We test this hypothesis by estimating the price elasticities of insurers' market shares. We use unique p...

The determinants of local employment dynamics in Western Germany

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Atypical employment in Germany