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Effects of Recent Minimum Wage Policies in California and Nationwide : Initial Results from a Pre-Specified Analysis Plan

Neumark, David - 2020

Many U.S. cities have recently increased their minimum wages, especially in California. We report results from carrying out analyses of the impacts of these city minimum wages, as specified in a pre-analysis plan (PAP) that was registered on Open Science Framework prior to the release of data...

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The Impact of a Minimum Wage Change on the Distribution of Wages and Household Income

Redmond, Paul - 2020

We use distributional regression analysis to study the impact of a six percent increase in the Irish minimum wage on the distribution of hourly wages and household income. Wage inequality, measured by the ratio of wages in the 90th and 10th percentiles and the 75th and 25th percentiles,...

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Pooling Multiple Case Studies Using Synthetic Controls : An Application to Minimum Wage Policies

Dube, Arindrajit - 2015

We propose a simple, distribution-free method for pooling synthetic control case studies using the mean percentile rank. We also test for heterogeneous treatment effects using the distribution of estimated ranks, which has a known form. We propose a cross-validation based procedure for model...

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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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Minimum Wages in Kenya

Andalon, Mabel; Pages, Carmen - 2021

This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement as well as in terms of their implications for wages and employment. Our findings based on the 1998/99 labor force data - the last labor force survey available - indicate that...

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The Institutional Adjustment Margin to Import Competition : Evidence from Italian Minimum Wages

Matano, Alessia - 2019

A growing body of research has contributed to understanding the labor market and political effects of globalization. This paper explores an overlooked aspect of trade-induced adjustments in the labor market: the institutional aspect. We take advantage of the two-tier collective bargaining...

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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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Minimum Wages and Female Labor Supply in Germany

Bredemeier, Christian - 2012

In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study … ambiguous reactions. An empirical analysis for Germany shows that minimum wages would affect total labor supply only weakly. Yet …

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Lost in Transition? Minimum Wage Effects on German Construction Workers

Bachmann, Ronald - 2012

well as the underlying labour market flows, at the establishment level. The fact that minimum wages in Germany are sector … accessions and separations rise in East Germany as a result of the minimum wage introduction. The evidence on detailed worker …-to-job transitions in East Germany, which can be explained by a more compressed wage distribution making on-the-job search less …

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Minimum Wages as a Barrier to Entry : Evidence from Germany

Bachmann, Ronald - 2012

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

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