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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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Public Pensions, Changing Employment Patterns, and the Impact of Pension Reforms Across Birth Cohorts : A Microsimulation Analysis for Germany
Geyer, Johannes - 2010
birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a rich dataset that combines household survey data from the German Socio … East Germany and for the low educated. Using simulated life cycle employment and income profiles, we project gross future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146821
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143678
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Do Reservation Wages Really Decline? Some International Evidence on the Determinants of Reservation Wages
Addison, John T.; Centeno, Mário; Portugal, Pedro - 2021
Using cross-country data, we investigate the determinants of reservation wages and their course over the jobless spell. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model, repeated observations on the same individual provide scant...
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Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2021
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 …
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