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In this study we investigate the link between the job search channels that workers use to find employment and the probability of occupational mismatch in the new job. Our specific focus is on differences between native and immigrant workers. We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel...
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To analyze well-being effects of minimum wages, the introduction of a minimum wage in Germany in 2015 is used as a …, job, and pay satisfaction between those who are affected by the reform according to their pre-intervention wages and those … who already have marginally higher wages so that they are not directly affected. The results show that the minimum wage …
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wages and satisfaction. We also discuss diffculties in the implementation of the minimum wage and the measurement of its … following conclusions can be drawn: while hourly wages increased for low-wage earners, some small negative employment effects …
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Using the 2015 introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany as a quasi-experiment, I investigate the effects of wage increases on personality. The degree to which each worker's wage is intended to be affected by the reform is used as an instrument for the relative increase in the worker's...
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This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the wages and … evidence to evaluate the impact of the minimum wage introduction in 2015 on hourly wages, monthly salaries, working hours and … among migrants. The introduction of the minimum wage caused a temporary convergence in hourly wages between migrants and …
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detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and … employees in a geographical region with wages below the minimum wage prior to the reform. We document the reform's positive …
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afirm the absence of anticipation effects and verify the assumption of a common trend in wages before the reform. Based on … hourly wages, we compute two regional bite indicators - the share of affected employees and the Kaitz index - for 141 …
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OLS specifications, which have been the main approaches in previous studies. Women's wages and employment probabilities do … lower wages because they lack the muscular strength required in such occupations. …
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The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature …-specific drinking behavior and wages. In our analysis, we disentangle the general wage effect of drinking into diverse effects for … different types of drinkers. Mincerian estimates reveal significant and positive relationships between wine drinkers and wages …
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' wages only. Findings for personality traits are more heterogeneous. There however is a robust wage penalty for an external …
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