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 …

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 …

We revisit the development of monthly wages in Germany between 2000 and 2017. While wage inequality strongly increased …

In 2015, Germany introduced a national minimum wage. While the literature agrees on at most limited negative effects on …