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United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany

Comparing aggregate statistics and surveying selected empirical studies, this paper shows that the characteristics and results of labour markets in eastern and western Germany have become quite similar in some respects but still differ markedly in others even 25 years after unification. Whereas no substantial differences can be detected in firms' labour demand decisions and in employees' representation via works councils or trade unions, both parts of the country are somewhat apart concerning labour supply behaviour, labour productivity, wages, and bargaining coverage, and they still exhibit substantially different rates of unemployment. These differences may reflect observable and unobservable characteristics of economic actors as well as differences in behaviour, norms, and individuals' attitudes.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8919

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Economics: General
Demand and Supply of Labor: General
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General
Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining: General
Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Performance and Prospects
Thema
labour market disparities
German unification
transition
Germany

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Schnabel, Claus
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2015

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Schnabel, Claus
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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