P/E/191. Dissertation. Unemployment in eastern Germany: causes and solutions

The aim of the dissertation is to study the political and economic situation is post-unification Germany in order to analyse the possibilities for decreasing unemployment in eastern Germany. The authors objective is to collect information about the attitudes of the people to the causes and solutions of the unemployment problem. Primary methods of research (interviews, face-to-face and distributed questionnaires) are used together with the secondary methods, i.e. a review of literature that covers the major issues related to German Economic, Monetary and Social Unification (GEMSU) and to the theory of unemployment. The results of the opinion polls are analysed and backed up by statistical data. The conclusions are made about Agenda 2010 reform programme.