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The empirical relevance of minimum wages for the low-wage sector
Ragnitz, Joachim; Thum, Marcel - In: CESifo Forum 08 (2007) 2, pp. 35-37
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Mindestlohn kein geeignetes Instrument gegen Armut in Deutschland
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 75 (2008) 22, pp. 298-300
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Would a legal minimum wage reduce poverty? : a microsimulation study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2008
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 …
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Cohort effects and the returns to education in West Germany
Boockmann, Bernhard; Steiner, Viktor - In: Applied economics 38 (2006) 10, pp. 1135-1152
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Self-employment - a way to end unemployment? : empirical evidence from German pseudo-panel data
Glocker, Daniela (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007
basis of pseudo-panel data for Germany in the period 1996-2002. The estimation method accounts for cohort fixed effects and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003411709
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"Marginal employment" and the demand for heterogenous labour : empirical evidence from a multi-factor labour demand model for Germany
Freier, Ronny (contributor); Steiner, Viktor (contributor) - 2007
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. …
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Intergenerational conflict, partisan politics, and public higher education spending : evidence from the German states
Oberndorfer, Ulrich (contributor);  … - 2006
We analyze potential effects of demographic change and political constellations on higher education spending. In our panel analysis of west German states (Laender) for the period 1985 to 2002 we find empirical evidence for the hypothesis of a negative relationship between demographic aging and...
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Zur Einführung von Mindestlöhnen : empirische Relevanz des Niedriglohnsektors
Ragnitz, Joachim; Thum, Marcel - In: Ifo-Schnelldienst 60 (2007) 10, pp. 33-35
Die mögliche Einführung von Mindestlöhnen führt gegenwärtig zu heftigen Kontroversen über die ökonomischen Auswirkungen eines solchen Eingriffs. Die einen befürchten den Wegfall des kompletten Niedriglohnbereichs. Die anderen sehen darin Chancen zu Lohnerhöhungen ohne nennenswerte...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003468925
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Zur Einführung von Mindestlöhnen: empirische Relevanz des Niedriglohnsektors
Ragnitz, Joachim; Thum, Marcel - In: Ifo Dresden berichtet 14 (2007) 3, pp. 36-39
Die mögliche Einführung von Mindestlöhnen führt gegenwärtig zu heftigen Kontroversen über die ökonomischen Auswirkungen eines solchen Eingriffs. Die einen befürchten den Wegfall des kompletten Niedriglohnbereichs. Die anderen sehen darin Chancen zu Lohnerhöhungen ohne nennenswerte...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003474405
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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und Mindestlöhnen : zur Reform des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
In diesem Beitrag werden die Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und eines Mindestlohnes für Deutschland …In this contribution employment effects of wage subsidies and a minimum wage are analyzed for Germany. Existing studies … general minimum wage for Germany. The magnitude of the negative employment effects depends on the minimum wage level …
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