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Distributional effects of a minimum wage in a welfare state : the case of Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax rates. Our analysis is based on a microsimulation...
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Optimal minimum wages
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Roth, Duncan; Seidel, Tobias - 2022
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Efficiency wages and the economic effects of the minimum wage : evidence from a low-wage labour market
Georgiadis, Andreas (contributor) - 2008
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Wage and employment effects of non-binding minimum wages
Dittrich, Marcus; Knabe, Andreas - 2010
Common wisdom holds that the introduction of a non-binding minimum wage is irrelevant for actual wages and employment. Empirical and experimental research, however, has shown that the introduction of a minimum wage can raise even those wages that were already above the new minimum wage. In this...
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Employment, inequality and the UK national minimum wage over the medium-term
Dolton, Peter J.; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - 2010
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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und Mindestlöhnen : zur Reform des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
analysiert. Studien zum Mindestlohn im Baugewerbe und Simulationen zu einem allgemeinen Mindestlohn weisen einhellig auf … Beschäftigungsverluste durch einen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn für die Bundesrepublik hin. Die Größenordnung hängt vom Mindestlohnniveau …, Gütermarktreaktionen und der Reichweite des Mindestlohnes (Einschluss Auszubildender, geringfügig Beschäftigter) ab. Bei einem Mindestlohn …
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Mindestlöhne, Lohnsubventionen und Einkommenssicherung im Wohlfahrtsstaat : Verteilungswirkungen von Reformalternativen für Deutschland
Steiner, Viktor - 2010
fiskalische Rückverteilung über eine kompensierende Subventionierung der Arbeitskosten erfolgt. -- Lohnsubventionen ; Mindestlohn …
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Why has the British national minimum wage had little or no impact on employment?
Metcalf, David (contributor) - 2007
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Labor market and income effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2010
In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model which accounts...
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The elusive employment effect of the minimum wage
Manning, Alan - 2016
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