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

Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper … from a structural labor demand model, the empirical results imply that the introduction of minimum wages in Germany will be …

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 …

Australia, Germany and the United States. Our results indicate that in Germany and the United States wealth differentials are …