Article: Together again: the fiscal cost of German unity. (economic impact of reunification of East and west Germany)

Article: From reunification to economic integration: productivity and the labor market in Eastern Germany.(Statistical Data Included)
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Irwin Collier, and Thomas Knaus report that 81 percent of easterners have seen their incomes rise during...unemployment rate based on registered unemployed was 18.8 percent in 2000, more than twice the rate in the west; it was 27 percent in 1997 if hidden unemployment is included. Measures...account, ...

Article: Better Times Come To Eastern Germany;Hard Work Reaps Prosperity
The Washington Post;  September 6, 1994 ;     700+ words ......the tunnel in eastern Germany. "A lot of things...east remains 17 percent. Large-scale...estimated 75 percent of all eastern...recorders, almost 20 percent have personal...boom, with 9 percent growth anticipated...now higher in eastern Germany than in the ...

Article: Eastern Germany Encourages Investment in Its Chemical Industry.(Brief Article)
Chemical Market Reporter;  April 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......chemical sites in eastern Germany: The Bitterfeld site...plastics recycling). Eastern Germany's s efforts to develop...low labor costs. In eastern Germany, where unemployment...US and Japan. In eastern Germany, average labor costs...low wage rate in eastern ...

Article: Kohl Launches Job Plan for Eastern Germany
Xinhua English Newswire;  May 22, 1997 ;     288 words ......for More Jobs in Eastern Germany, Kohl called the...cut unemployment in eastern Germany by half by the year...stabilization of eastern Germany's employment in 1997...boost productivity in eastern Germany and to reform the...capital investment in eastern ...

Article: Kohl detects signs of recovery in eastern Germany's economy
The Boston Globe;  July 29, 1991 ;     395 words ......said yesterday that beleaguered eastern Germany is breaking out of its economic...national product has risen 4.5 percent during the first half of the year...demand for western products by eastern Germans helped the powerful western...acknowledged that joblessness in eastern Germany ...

Article: Far right, ex-communists gain in eastern Germany
AP Worldstream;  June 14, 2004 ;     265 words ......of economically depressed eastern Germany in voting for the European...real opposition," won 3.3 percent of the vote Sunday, up from 1.2 percent in the last EU parliament...boosted its support, to 3.4 percent from 2.5 percent. Both parties...

Article: Eastern Germany's Economy Still Lags Behind
Xinhua News Agency;  September 3, 2001 ;     222 words ...Eastern Germany's economy is faltering in its efforts to attain...and west has narrowed little since the mid-1990s. Eastern German production sites achieved only 62 percent of western German site productivity,while processing industries managed a somewhat better 67 percent. Eastern ...

Article: Investment Allowance Extended for Eastern Germany.
Science Letter;  December 9, 2008 ;     503 words ......the German government uses to support investments in eastern Germany (see also Invest in Germany). Today's vote guarantees that investors in the new federal states (i.e. eastern Germany) will be able to take advantage of the set promotion...businesses from eligible industries that invest in ...

Article: In Eastern Germany, Tide Has Yet to Turn; Tropical Resort Is Latest Venture to Raise False Hopes for Economy
The Washington Post;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......thickly forested but economically depressed region in eastern Germany. In a country known for its long winters and bleak...2002. The unemployment rate in Germany hit 11.6 percent this year, the highest since the aftermath of the...Adding fuel to the fire, he suggested that voters in eastern ...

Article: RELIGIONS VIE TO WIN SOULS IN EASTERN GERMANY.(Religion)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 8, 1992 ;     474 words ......their denominations. Across eastern Germany and Eastern Europe, mainstream...for Peace Research, only 27 percent of eastern Germans identified...compared to more than 90 percent of western Germans. But smaller...pay a church tax of about 8 percent of their income tax.

Article: German jobless total hits four-year high in June, all-time high for eastern Germany
AP Worldstream;  July 9, 2002 ;     531 words ......rate, which stayed at 9.5 percent. But the new total of 3.954...problems of former communist eastern Germany, where the number of jobless...rmany's economy grew by just 0.2 percent in the first quarter after...government expects growth of 0.75 percent this year and an acceleration to 2.5 ...

Article: Jobs are it in Eastern Germany
International Herald Tribune;  September 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......have the desired effect in Eastern Germany. But before she could explain...to reduce unemployment in Eastern Germany shows why Schroder's Social...Party of Germany took 9 percent of the votes in Saxony...Parliament in Brandenburg, with 6 percent of the vote, even though...support of ...

Article: DOW'S TRANSFORMATION OF BSL PLANT IN EASTERN GERMANY PROGRESSING.
Plastics News;  January 4, 1999 ;     300 words ......of the chemical industry in eastern Germany. Respini, president of Dow...briefing in New York. Seventy percent of the physical work at BSL...World War II. Dow owns 80 percent of the complex, with the German...government owning the remaining 20 percent. BSL expects to employ 2,200...

Article: Chem Makers In East Germany Still Lackluster.(EASTERN GERMANY'S chemical industry has been decimated since fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 and subsequent reunification with Germany)
Chemical Market Reporter;  July 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ......from the US and EU. EASTERN GERMANY'S chemical industry...in recent months for eastern Germany's chemicals has been...an annual rate of 4 percent, which is a little bit...have been cut by 95 percent since 1989, while energy...consumption is now only 17 percent of its level in ...