 East Joins West: Child welfare and market reforms in the 'special case' of the former GDRMagdalena Joos Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series Abstract: The collapse of communism in East Germany took place alongside unification with its democratic neighbour, West Germany. This made the East German experience of the ‘transition’ - from the planned to the free-market economy - unique among that of the post-socialist states. On the one hand, unification allowed East Germans to benefit from the resource and human capital of one of the world’s richest countries. On the other, the sudden bringing-together of two populations geared to different standards of living had a negative psychological impact among the poorer Easterners. This paper looks at how such specifics of the East German experience have influenced the development of policies and services for the country’s children. Keywords: child welfare; economic transition; standard of living; German Democratic Republic; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucf:iopeps:iopeps95/18 Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Innocenti Occasional Papers, Economic Policy Series |
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