Using data from the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes how a minimum wage affects employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector. It is shown that a statutory minimum wage of EUR 7.50 per hour would cost...

We apply the Day Reconstruction Method to compare unemployed and employed people with respect to their subjective assessment of emotional affects, differences in the composition and duration of activities during the course of a day, and their self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are...

Mit der Bürgerarbeit hat die Bundesagentur für Arbeit scheinbar die Erfolgsformel gegen die Arbeitslosigkeit entdeckt: Langzeitarbeitslose finden wieder geregelte Arbeit, der Fiskus wird nicht belastet und Firmen müssen keine Konkurrenz befürchten, da nur marktferne Tätigkeiten in der...