Employment Policy in Transition The Lessons of German Integration for the Labor Market
Description
A historically unique experiment is about to enter its second decade - German unification. Early hopes for a rapid and smooth economic transformation soon turned out to be overly optimistic. Despite massive financial transfers, the political promise of a "blooming landscape" remains a vision. Actual developments have left deep scars on the labor market, and the effects will be felt for decades to come. Was this outcome to be expected, perhaps even inevitable? What went wrong, and what were the available options? Or is the current state of Eastern German labor market in fact better than is commonly assumed?
Keywords
Business & EconomicsLaborPolitical ScienceEconomicsHistory & Theory
2000Book
Author(s)Klaus F. Zimmermann, Regina Therese Riphahn, Dennis J. Snower
PublisherSpringer Science & Business Media
ISBN9783540411666
LanguageEnglish
