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

This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using …

. Germany poses an interesting case study in this context, since it has a rather high gender wage gap and set the minimum wage …

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 …

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 …