SocietyGerman reunification: How inequality is shaping a new East German identity

A new study says structural disparities between East and West Germany remain 36 years after reunification. East Germans still have lower average earnings and pensions, less property and limited representation in senior positions, developments Elisabeth Kaiser says are helping shape a new East German identity.

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