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| Title: | | Minimum Wages and Employment: The Case of German Unification  |
| Authors: | | Heitger, Bernhard |
| Issue Date: | | 2001 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Kieler Arbeitspapiere 1045 |
| Abstract: | | Analysis in terms of the two-sector open economy shows that in bringing the market economy to East Germany, West Germany seems to have disregarded important fundamentals. Premature formation of a currency union led to a substantial real appreciation of the East German currency. Premature implementation of the West German system of wage bargaining resulted in inappropriate minimum wage schedules. Both measures made East German production possibilities and employment decline. |
| Subjects: | | Minimum Wages Employment German Unification |
| JEL: | | P23 E24 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Publikationen von Forscherinnen und Forschern des IfW Kieler Arbeitspapiere, IfW
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