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Das Mindestlohngesetz : Hoffnungen und Befürchtungen

In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 6, pp. 387-406

Folgen der Mindestlohn auf die Beschäftigung und die Lohnentwicklung haben wird. Der Anpassungsdruck in Ostdeutschland wird …

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Minimum Wage Effects Within Census Based Statistical Areas : A Matched Pair Cross-Border Analysis

Taylor, Garrett C.; West, James E. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Using monthly data from major U.S. metropolitan areas that span state borders, we estimate the elasticity of employment with respect to the minimum wage using a difference-in-differences design with continuous treatment in two-digit industries of 71 (Arts, Entertainment and Recreation) and 72...

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Gesetzliche Mindestlöhne : mit der Einführung kommen die Tücken der Umsetzung

Brenke, Karl; Wagner, Gert G. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 93 (2013) 11, pp. 751-757

Ein allgemeiner, gesetzlicher Mindestlohn ist nach den Bundestagswahlen 2013 ein ganz wichtiges politisches Thema in … Deutschland. So macht die SPD vor den Koalitionsverhandlungen mit den Unionsparteien die Einführung einer branchenübergreifenden …, dass sich die SPD mit ihren Forderungen durchsetzt und Mindestlöhne in Deutschland demnächst per Gesetz eingeführt werden. …

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Does Wage Theft Vary by Demographic Group? Evidence from Minimum Wage Increases

Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Using Current Population Survey data, we assess whether and to what extent the burden of wage theft -- wage payments below the statutory minimum wage -- falls disproportionately on various demographic groups following minimum wage increases. For most racial and ethnic groups at most ages we find...

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Compliance with minimum wage laws in developing countries : institutional, individual, firm, and local labor market characteristics are critical for understanding non-compliance wi...

Bhorat, Haroon - 2014

The level of compliance with minimum wage laws often depends on factors specific to each labor market. In most developing countries, a substantial share of workers still earns less than the legal minimum. Enforcement has not kept up with growth in regulations to protect workers from low wages...

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The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - In: IZA journal of labor & development 2 (2013), pp. 1-27

This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000–2007...

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Supply, Demand, Institutions, and Firms : A Theory of Labor Market Sorting and the Wage Distribution

Haanwinckel, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This paper builds a general equilibrium framework with firm and worker heterogeneity, monopsony power, and task-based production to quantify the long-run effects of education, biased demand shocks, and minimum wage. I take it to Brazilian data for 1998 and 2012 and find that (i) supply and...

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The Minimum Wage and Inequality Between Groups

Blau, Francine D.; Cohen, Isaac; Comey, Matthew L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We use wage data from the Current Population Survey Merged Outgoing Rotation Group (CPS MORG) to study the effect of state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality throughout the wage distribution, focusing on lower-tail inequality between men and women, Blacks...

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The Outlook for Women's Employment and Labor Force Participation

Albanesi, Stefania - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Employment and participation rates for US prime age women rose steadily during the second half of the 20th century. In the last 30 years, however, those rates stagnated, even as employment and participation rates for women in other industrialized countries continued to rise. I discuss the role...

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Chapter 32 Minimum wages, employment, and the distribution of income

Brown, Charles - In: Handbook of labor economics : volume 3, part B, (pp. 2101-2163). 1999

After nearly a decade of relative quiet, the increases in the US minimum wage that began in 1990 have coincided with a renewed interest in its effects. Recent work suggests that a relative consensus on the effects of the minimum wage on employment came undone; on balance, however, the recent...

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