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 …

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 …

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

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

We assess the short-term employment effects of the introduction of a national statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 …

; Swedish benefits are the lowest or among the lowest, but very much in line with those in Germany. The benefits in the United …

In this article, I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the … persistence rates and the absolute level of structural state dependence are higher in Eastern Germany than in Western Germany. I …