Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 18,666
Cover Image
The Impact of Sectoral Minimum Wage Laws on Employment, Wages and Hours of Work in South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - Development Policy Research Unit, School of Economics - 2012
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766059
Cover Image
Arbeitsmarkteffekte des flächendeckenden Mindestlohns in Deutschland – eine Sensitivitätsanalyse
Henzel, Steffen R.; Engelhardt, Kira - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 10, pp. 23-29
Die Einführung des flächendeckenden Mindestlohns im Jahr 2015 in Deutschland stellt einen massiven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877407
Cover Image
A Note on the Robustness of Card and Krueger (1994) and Neumark and Wascher (2000)
Ropponen, Olli - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2011
This note adds to the discussion originating from David Card and Alan B. Krueger (1994; CK) and David Neumark and William Wascher (2000; NW). It re-evaluates their results by using the semiparametric difference-in-differences estimator introduced by Alberto Abadie (2005). The re-evaluation suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493988
Cover Image
Reconciling the evidence of Card and Krueger (1994) and Neumark and Wascher (2000)
Ropponen, Olli - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 2011
We employ the original Card and Krueger (1994) and Neumark and Wascher (2000) data together with the changes-in-changes (CIC) estimator to re-examine the evidence of the effect of minimum wages on employment. Our study reconciles the controversial positive average employment effect reported by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493992
Cover Image
Do changes in the minimun wage affect younger and older workers differently? Evidence for Paraguay using semi-parametric methods
Angel-Urdinola, Diego; Wodon, Quentin - In: Estudios de Economia 32, 1 Year 2005, pp. 25-38
Semiparametric methods have been used to asses the impact of policies such as changes in the minimum wage on the distribution of wage earnings. While the methods are in the spirit of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, they help to differentiate impacts according to where individuals are located...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005812539
Cover Image
Minimum Wages and Employment: Replication of Card and Krueger (1994) Using the CIC Estimator
Ropponen, Olli - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We employ the original Card and Krueger (1994) data and the CIC estimator to reexamine the evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment. Our main finding is that the controversial result remains valid only for small fast-food restaurants. This finding is accompanied with a new possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685544
Cover Image
Building the Minimum Wage: Germany's First Sectoral Minimum Wage and Its Impact on Wages in the Construction Industry
Rattenhuber, Pia - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011
-employee data. Estimation results reveal a sizable positive average impact on wages in East Germany and no effect in West Germany …The very first minimum wage in Germany was introduced in 1997 for blue-collar workers in sub-sectors of the …-collar workers are used as control groups for differences-in-differences-in-differences estimation based on linked employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008866019
Cover Image
High-Impact Minimum Wages and Heterogeneous Regions
Berge, Philipp vom; Frings, Hanna; Paloyo, Alfredo R. - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
substantial minimum wage in the main construction industry of Germany. Using a regional dataset constructed from individual … wage growth rate for East Germany but did not have a significant impact on the West German equivalent. The estimated eff …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010860293
Cover Image
Kein Mindestlohn ohne unabhängige wissenschaftliche Evaluation
Arni, Patrick; Eichhorst, Werner; Pestel, Nico; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Beschäftigung und Einkommensverteilung und legt eine Abschätzung der zu erwartenden Wirkungen in Deutschland vor. Eine systematische …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884072
Cover Image
InterRegional Wage Differentials in Portugal: An Analysis Across the Wage Distribution
Pereira, João; Galego, Aurora - Centro de Estudos e Formação Avançada em Gestão e … - 2011
TTypically, studies on regional wage differentials are based on OLS estimates and use Blinder (1973) and Oaxaca (1973) decomposition. Quantile regression is an alternative approach which allows for studying these differences across the whole wage distribution. In this study, the quantile...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646044