Boockmann, Bernhard; Krumm, Raimund; Neumann, Michael; … - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2012
The introduction, abolition and subsequent re-introduction of the minimum wage in the German electrical trade gave rise … to series of natural experiments, which are used to study minimum wage effects. We find similar impacts in all three … cases on wages, employment and the receipt of public welfare benefits. Average wages are raised by the minimum wage in East …