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How robust are simulated employment effects of a legal minimum wage in Germany? A comparison of different data sources and assumptions
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2009
minimum wage in Germany. We disentangle various factors that explain the variation in previous simulation results. Based on … may lead to substantial differences in simulation outcomes. …
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Employment effects of a sectoral minimum wage in Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2010
minimum wage in East Germany was set much higher in relation to the wage distribution. There is heterogeneity hidden in the … negative employment effect for East Germany, its magnitude is substantially larger than previously estimated. …
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Wie groß sind die Beschäftigungsverluste aufgrund eines allgemeinen Mindestlohns?
Müller, Kai-Uwe - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 26, pp. 430-433
Stichprobe und die unterstellten Elastizitäten der Arbeitsnachfrage reagieren. Ein allgemeiner Mindestlohn von 7,50 Euro hätte … Mindestlohns in Deutschland erschienen. Die Bandbreite der simulierten Job-Verluste reicht von 140 000 bis 1,2 Millionen. Eine neue …
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The minimum wage in a deflationary economy: The Japanese experience, 1994 - 2003
Kambayashi, Ryo; Kawaguchi, Daiji; Yamada, Ken - 2010
The statutory minimum wage has steadily increased for decades in Japan, while the median wage has fallen nominally since 1999 because of a severe recession. We use large micro-data sets from two government surveys to investigate how the minimum wage has affected the wage distribution under...
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The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market
Terrell, Katherine; Gindling, T. H. - 2004
This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings among workers covered by minimum wage legislation as well as those for whom it does not apply (the uncovered sector) in Costa Rica. This country?s large uncovered sector and complex...
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The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-27
This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000-2007...
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Minimum Wages, Inequality and Globalization
Terrell, Katherine; Gindling, T. H. - 2004
This paper contributes to our understanding of the impact of institutions on incomes of workers in developing countries by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes in minimum wages can change the inequality of the distribution of earnings. More specifically, we analyze whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261908
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Mindestlöhne kosten Arbeitsplätze: Jobverluste vor allem bei Geringverdienern
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - In: DIW Wochenbericht 75 (2008) 30, pp. 418-423
auf Basis empirisch ermittelter Elastizitäten der Arbeitsnachfrage - differenziert nach Qualifikation, Geschlecht und … Region - zeigen, dass ein gesetzlicher Mindestlohn mit erheblichen Beschäftigungsverlusten verbunden wäre. Je nach … angenommener Reaktion der Güternachfrage auf die mit einem Mindestlohn verbundenen Kostensteigerungen würden zwischen 70 000 und …
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Mindestlohn: Warnung vor massiven Arbeitsplatzverlusten wenig fundiert - eine Replik
Kromphardt, Jürgen - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 1, pp. 41-45
In der Augustausgabe 2013 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz von Dominik Groll und Stefan Kooths mit dem Titel Vor der Bundestagswahl: Argumente für Mindestlöhne überzeugen nicht. Jürgen Kromphardt setzt sich hier kritisch mit ihren Argumenten auseinander. Daraufhin...
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On the Peculiar Relevance of a Fundamental Dilemma of Minimum-Wage Regulation in Post-Socialism - Apropos of an International Investigation
Gábor, István R. - 2010
To the extent minimum-wage regulation is effective in fighting against excessive earnings handicaps of those at the bottom of earnings distribution, it may have the side-effect of worsening their employment prospects. A demand-and-supply interpretation of data on the relative employment rate and...
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