roofers to remain employed in the sector in eastern Germany deteriorated along the entire wage distribution. Such employment …

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 …

marginal employment range between -.4 (number of male workers in west Germany) to -1 (working hours for women). We illustrate …’ social security contributions (SSC) on marginal employment in Germany. …

The paper concentrates on the question whether the low level of productivity in East Germany can be explained by … capital endowments; in fact, the effective stock on human capital in East Germany is lower than in West Germany when … younger cohorts. This impedes a fast convergence in productivity between East and West Germany. …

with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. -- Marginal employment ; social …

effects of these hypothetical reforms are analysed on the basis a detailed micro-simulation model for Germany which includes a …