. In West Germany the group of workers with low tenure experienced higher increases in wage inequality. …

distribution in the post-reform year, but also considerable noncompliance among eligible employees. In a second step, we employ a … employees in a geographical region with wages below the minimum wage prior to the reform. We document the reform's positive … effect at the bottom of the wage distribution. However, we find a negative effect of the reform on contractual hours worked …

afirm the absence of anticipation effects and verify the assumption of a common trend in wages before the reform. Based on …