The distributional impact of unification and the 1992–93 recession on West German households

The 1992–93 recession in the western states of Germany has been attributed, in substantial measure, to the macroeconomic consequences of policies to finance unification. Studies of the costs of unification have not attempted to measure the burden of the recession. We estimate a dynamic, panel model of household incomes using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and use it to forecast what these incomes would have been in 1992–94 without a recession. Using a ratio of actual to forecast incomes, we compare the relative burden of the recession across households. Our findings suggest that western households below the median income bore the brunt of the combined impact of unification and the recession of 1992–93.
JEL classification: P3, D3, E3.     

What Can Be Learned from DuPont and the Freon Ban: A Case Study

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基于CSSCI对浙江省图书馆学情报学研究现状的定量分析

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当前我国中西部地区民间投资状况的透视与思考——以山东西部城市菏泽为例

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泉州发展现代物流业的合理布局规划研究

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从西部12个省市区的社会发展主要指标的比较可以看出西部发展很不平衡。西部的医疗卫生条件差，农民社会保障覆盖率极低，影响西部大开发的实施。政府应该以经济发展比较好的重庆和四川为依托。加大对西部地区社会发展主要项目的投入。     

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