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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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Unequal Pay or Unequal Employment? What Drives the Skill-Composition of Labor Flows in Germany?
Arntz, Melanie - 2018
This paper examines the determinants of gross labor flows in a context where modeling the migration decision as a wage-maximizing process may be inadequate due to regional wage rigidities that result from central wage bargaining. In such a context, the framework that has been developed by Borjas...
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The Short-Run Employment Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform
Caliendo, Marco - 2017
We assess the short-term employment effects of the introduction of a national statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 …
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When the Minimum Wage Bites Back : Quantile Treatment Effects of a Sectoral Minimum Wage in Germany
Gregory, Terry - 2015
conditional and unconditional distribution of earnings. For Eastern Germany, the results indicate significant real (nominal) wage …
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The Short-Term Distributional Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform
Caliendo, Marco - 2018
This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using …
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Transferability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation : An Analysis for Germany
Basilio, Leilanie - 2010
capital portability to the explanation of the immigrant-native wage gap. Using data for West Germany, our results reveal that … returns than human capital obtained in Germany. We further find evidence for heterogeneity in the returns to human capital of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148336
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A Comparative Analysis of the Nativity Wealth Gap
Bauer, Thomas K.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Hildebrand, … - 2021
Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are …
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From Bottom to Top : The Entire Distribution of Market Income in Germany, 1992-2001
Bach, Stefan; Corneo, Giacomo; Steiner, Viktor - 2021
We analyze the distribution and concentration of market incomes in Germany in the period 1992 to 2001 on the basis of … income inequality was stronger in East Germany than in West Germany. In both regions, the income concentration process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317139
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Did the Minimum Wage Reduce the Gender Wage Gap in Germany?
Caliendo, Marco; Wittbrodt, Linda - 2022
. Germany poses an interesting case study in this context, since it has a rather high gender wage gap and set the minimum wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083984
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Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2010
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 …
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