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Employment and Fertility in East Germany after Unification

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  • Gert Wagner

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  • James C. Witte & Gert Wagner, 1995. "Employment and Fertility in East Germany after Unification," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 125, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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    2. Witte, James C. & Wagner, Gert G., 1995. "Declining Fertility in East Germany After Unification: A Demographic Response to Socioeconomic Change," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 21(2), pages 387-397.
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    1. Hunt, Jennifer, 1999. "Determinants of Non-Employment and Unemployment Durations in East Germany," CEPR Discussion Papers 2182, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    2. Zsolt Spéder, 2002. "Fertility and structural change in Hungary Labour Market Status and Education Level of Childbearing Mothers at the Time of Declining Fertility Rates in the 1990s," Working Papers on Population, Family and Welfare 4, Hungarian Demographic Research Institute.

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