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Determining Minimum Wages in China : Do Economic Factors Dominate?
Dreger, Christian - 2016
worsen the price competitiveness in export markets. As they differ throughout the country, this paper investigates their …
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Baugewerbe unter verstärktem Anpassungsdruck
Spillner, Andreas; Rußig, Volker - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 49 (1996) 22, pp. 17-25
Das ifo Institut hat im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft ein "Bild der Baubranche" erarbeitet, das sich auf das Bauhaupt- und Ausbaugewerbe sowie stärker auf Strukturkennziffern als auf Niveauangaben bezieht. Durch die Wiedervereinigung und den Zusammenbruch des Ostblocks sowie...
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Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2008
an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … and had no negative employment effects. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing …
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Can the German minimum wage alleviate poverty and income inequality? Evidence from observed data and simulated counterfactuals
Backhaus, Teresa - 2020
Germany. Although the reductionof income inequality and poverty were emphasized as policy goals of the of minimumwage … introduction, the distributional literature for Germany has focusedon hourly wages and earnings or relied on ex-ante simulations …
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Building the Minimum Wage : Germany's First Sectoral Minimum Wage and its Impact on Wages in the Construction Industry
Rattenhuber, Pia - 2011
The very first minimum wage in Germany was introduced in 1997 for blue-collar workers in sub-sectors of the …-employee data. Estimation results reveal a sizable positive average impact on wages in East Germany and no effect in West Germany …
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Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …. The ineffectiveness of a minimum wage in Germany is mainly due to the existing system of means-tested income support and …
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How Robust are Simulated Employment Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany? : A Comparison of Different Data Sources and Assumptions
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2009
minimum wage in Germany. We disentangle various factors that explain the variation in previous simulation results. Based on …
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Employment Effects of a Sectoral Minimum Wage in Germany : Semi-Parametric Estimations from Cross-Sectional Data
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2010
minimum wage in East Germany was set much higher in relation to the wage distribution. There is heterogeneity hidden in the … negative employment effect for East Germany, its magnitude is substantially larger than previously estimated …
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Arbeitsmarkteffekte des flächendeckenden Mindestlohns in Deutschland – eine Sensitivitätsanalyse
Henzel, Steffen R.; Engelhardt, Kira - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 10, pp. 23-29
Die Einführung des flächendeckenden Mindestlohns im Jahr 2015 in Deutschland stellt einen massiven …
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Mindestlohn in Deutschland: Wie viele sind betroffen?
Falck, Oliver; Knabe, Andreas; Mazat, Andreas; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 24, pp. 68-73
Der Beitrag nutzt zwei verschiedene Datensätze zur Struktur der Arbeitsverdienste in Deutschland – das Sozio …
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