%0 Report %A Puhani, Patrick A. %T Employment Industry and Occupational Continuity in Germany: From the Nazi Regime to the Post-War Economic Miracle %D 2014 %8 2014 Aug %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 8372 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8372 %X Using retrospective survey data that covers 1939, 1950, 1960, and 1971, I compare individual-level changes in employment industry and occupational status in Germany from the beginning of World War II to the post-war reconstruction era dubbed the Economic Miracle (Wirtschaftswunder). This comparison reveals that, with only a few exceptions, labor allocation developments remained relatively stable even in the face of huge political and macroeconomic change. %K Germany %K revolution %K regime change %K evolution %K employment %K Arab Spring %K Iraq