"This paper deals with the development of the earnings and employment situation of East German men in the sequel of the German unification. The economic transition led to massive job losses, while the wages of those still employed were gradually raised to a level which is meanwhile close to the one prevailing in the West. The paper is organized as follows: Chapter 2 describes the econometric approach on wich the empirical investigation is based upon. Chapter 3 contains a summary description of the data used for estimation, and the empirical results are collected and commented upon in chapter 4. A short summary (chapter 5) concludes the artic1e."
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