development of wages and employment across skill groups, there is considerable disagreement to explain these trends, in particular …

with comparable attributes. In the conventional neoclassical point of view, wages are determined by the marginal product of … the workers. Accordingly, increases in union minimum wages result in a decline of residual wage dispersion and higher …

distribution. This paper uses the IAB employment subsample to describe the empirics of labor market transitions and the wage … close relationship exists between wages and labor market transitions as predicted by search theory. However, the noticeable …

groups and between those of different age, taking account of the endogeneity of wages and employment. Compared to estimates …This paper studies the relationship between employment and wage structures in West Germany based on the IAB employment … evolution of relative employment measures, we estimate elasticities of substitution between employees in three different skill …

high effect of employment protection for regular jobs on youth unemployment. In addition, the combined effects of powerful …

This paper contributes to the sparse literature on employment spillovers on minimum wages by exploiting the minimum …, we are able to identify employment effects along the entire wage distribution. The results indicate that the chances for … roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …

This paper analyses the effects of minimum wages on competition in the German roofing sector. The case is particularly … wages. As a control industry we take the plumbing sector, which shows a similar market structure and demand trend but is not … estimate the impacts of minimum wages on market entries and exits and firms' profitability. We find significant effects for …