TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Schnabel, Claus
        TI  - United, Yet Apart? A Note on Persistent Labour Market Differences between Western and Eastern Germany
        PY  - 2015/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8919
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8919
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - transition
KW  - Germany
KW  - German unification
KW  - labour market disparities
        ER  -