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 …

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 …

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 …