In this paper employment effects of a sectoral minimum wage in the German construction sector are estimated from a … relax these assumptions and find that employment levels would be 4-5% higher without the minimum wage in the East German … mean effect: employment losses are mostly borne by young construction workers, employees not covered by collective …

Several empirical minimum wage studies have recently been published that simulate employment effects of a federal …

can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining … that an overall increase in risk aversion contributes to wage moderation and promotes employment. …