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Establishment Survival in East and West Germany: A Comparative Analysis

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Fackler, D. Establishment Survival in East and West Germany: A Comparative Analysis. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 134(2), 183-208. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.134.2.183
Fackler, Daniel "Establishment Survival in East and West Germany: A Comparative Analysis" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 134.2, 2014, 183-208. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.134.2.183
Fackler, Daniel (2014): Establishment Survival in East and West Germany: A Comparative Analysis, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 134, iss. 2, 183-208, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.134.2.183

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Establishment Survival in East and West Germany: A Comparative Analysis

Fackler, Daniel

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 134 (2014), Iss. 2 : pp. 183–208

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Daniel Fackler, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nürnberg

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Using a large administrative dataset, this paper compares the development of new establishments" survival chances in East and West Germany for the period 1994 – 2008. A central question is whether convergence with respect to survival rates between East and West Germany can be observed. Using methods of survival analysis, I find that new establishments" survival chances do not differ strongly between East and West Germany at the beginning of the observation period. In 1998 and 1999 the exit hazard increases strongly in East but not in West Germany, which is likely to be due to a change in the subsidy policy affecting East Germany. Since the turn of the millennium, the difference in establishments" exit hazard between East and West Germany becomes smaller, indicating that there is convergence with respect to establishments" survival chances.