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The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector
Aretz, Bodo; Arntz, Melanie; Gregory, Terry - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …
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Kein Mindestlohn ohne unabhängige wissenschaftliche Evaluation
Arni, Patrick; Eichhorst, Werner; Pestel, Nico; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Beschäftigung und Einkommensverteilung und legt eine Abschätzung der zu erwartenden Wirkungen in Deutschland vor. Eine systematische …
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Wie weiter am deutschen Arbeitsmarkt?
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt hat sich in den letzten Jahren stark verändert. Es sind viele zusätzliche Arbeitsplätze entstanden. Das bedeutet aber nicht, dass die Politik in der neuen Legislaturperiode nichts mehr zu tun hätte. Zwei wesentliche Handlungsfelder stehen auf der Agenda: die...
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Mindestlohnevaluation jetzt und nicht erst 2020
Arni, Patrick; Eichhorst, Werner; Spermann, Alexander; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
– wie zum Beispiel die Einführung einer Evaluationsklausel – bleibt der Mindestlohn ein arbeitsmarktpolitisches … lang und freiwillige Praktika für Studierende länger als sechs Wochen vom Mindestlohn auszunehmen. Sie plädieren für die …
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Minimum Wage: Does It Improve Welfare in Thailand?
Del Carpio, Ximena; Messina, Julián; Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the causal impact of the minimum wage on employment and welfare in Thailand using a difference-in-difference approach that relies on exogenous policy variation in minimum wages across provinces. We find that minimum-wage increases have small disemployment effects on female, elderly, and...
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Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings
Salverda, Wiemer; Checchi, Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find two separate literatures that should be brought together, and bring 'new institutions' into play. Growing female employment, rising dual-earnership and part-time employment...
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Minimum Wages and Employment in China
Fang, Tony; Lin, Carl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Since China promulgated new minimum wage regulations in 2004, the magnitude and frequency of changes in the minimum wage have been substantial, both over time and across jurisdictions. This paper uses county-level minimum wage panel data and a longitudinal household survey from 16 representative...
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Minimum Wage and the Average Wage in France: A Circular Relationship?
Cette, Gilbert; Chouard, Valérie; Verdugo, Gregory - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates whether increases in the minimum wage in France have the same impact on the average wage when intended to preserve the purchasing power of the minimum wage as when intended to raise it. We find that the impact of the minimum wage on the average wage is strong, but differs...
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Lost in Transition? Minimum Wage Effects on German Construction Workers
Bachmann, Ronald; König, Marion; Schaffner, Sandra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
well as the underlying labour market flows, at the establishment level. The fact that minimum wages in Germany are sector … accessions and separations rise in East Germany as a result of the minimum wage introduction. The evidence on detailed worker …-to-job transitions in East Germany, which can be explained by a more compressed wage distribution making on-the-job search less …
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The Parameters of a National Minimum Hourly Wage
Askenazy, Philippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Both academic and political debates over the minimum wage generally focus on the minimum wage rate. However, the minimum wage is a complex institution composed of a wide variety of parameters. In this note, I show that nominal rates provide a very crude picture of minimal compensation and of...
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