Subjective assessments of life situation in East and West Germany still differ
Cornelia Lang
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 11,
2002
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One of the expected outcomes of the German unification was a rapidly rising living standard in East Germany. With the realization that the convergence oft the living conditions between East and West Germany will take much longer than most people anticipated, widespread disillusionment set in. Our analysis of a survey reveals that there are still significant differences in the assessment of their personal economic conditions and their views about the general business situation between East- and West-Germans.
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IWH Construction Industry Survey June 2002: East German construction industry in June 2002: Situation and forecasts slightly improved on low level
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 10,
2002
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IWH Construction Industry Survey April 2002: Spring recovery is driven by civil engineering industry
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 6,
2002
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IWH construction Industry Survey February 2002: Business conditions somewhat less unfavorable than in prior-year period
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 4,
2002
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Industrieumfragen 2001 -Dokumentation der Hauptergebnisse-
Bärbel Laschke
IWH Discussion Papers,
No. 159,
2002
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In dem Diskussionspapier werden alle Umfrageergebnisse des Jahres 2001 zusammengefasst. Sie vermitteln einen Überblick über die Umsatz- und Beschäftigungsentwicklung 2001, die Ertragslage der Unternehmen im Längsschnittvergleich seit 1997, die Investitionstätigkeit und die Exportaktivitäten sowie zur Tarifbindung in ostdeutschen Industrieunternehmen.
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IWH-Industry Survey at the start of 2002: Cautious confidence in East German industry despite economic downturn
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 3,
2002
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The cyclical downturn in the German economy in the year 2001 braked also the turnover of the East German industry. The increase was with 6,5 % clearly under the result of the previous year. Therefor the profitability of the enterprises continued to improve not. It could be stabilized however on the achieved level. The turnover plans of the enterprises for 2002 are reserved. Nevertheless 60% of the enterprises will increase their turnover. Also the job plans are optimistic and the job supply will slightly grow.
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IWH Industry Survey January 2002 : Business climate in East German industry
Bärbel Laschke
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 2,
2002
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Annual IWH Construction Industry Survey 2002: Decline in East German
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 2,
2002
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IWH Construction Industry Survey December 2001: Companies skepticism remains high
Brigitte Loose
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 1,
2002
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Supraregional sales markets: Development chances for companies in the East German manufacturing sector
Brigitte Loose, Udo Ludwig
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 16,
2001
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In this paper the export activities of the East German manufacturing industry are studied where exports are defined in a broad sense including both sales abroad and in West Germany. Survey data for 1998 and 1999 are used to reveal the relationship between technical as well as institutional characteristics of the companies and their exports. The following questions are discussed: Which companies participate in the export activities? What are the main regions of their business? Which in-house factors influence the export activities? What are the financial outcomes for the companies engaged in exports? Hypotheses are built on the basis of the market transaction costs theory. Bivariate and multivariate approaches are applied. The data are taken from the “Establishment Panel” of the Institute for Employment Research at the Federal Employment Services (IAB) in Nuremberg (Germany).
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