with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. -- Marginal employment ; social …

effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …

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 …

Increases in standard hours have been a contentious policy issue in Germany. Whilst this might directly lead to a …

roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment … wage ; Germany ; capital-labour substitution ; labour-labour substitution ; scale effect …

This study tests to what degree the incidence of payroll taxes in Germany is on employment and whether in consequence …

marginal employment range between -.4 (number of male workers in west Germany) to -1 (working hours for women). We illustrate …’ social security contributions (SSC) on marginal employment in Germany. …

in industries and regions with low barriers to entry. This is particularly the case in East Germany, where the perceived …

Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper … from a structural labor demand model, the empirical results imply that the introduction of minimum wages in Germany will be …