-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 …

, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to …

Der Aufsatz untersucht anhand von Mikrodaten aus der Beschäftigtenstatistik die Lohn- und Beschäftigungseffekte der …

, there was no significant price reaction observed for West Germany. The minimum wage seems too low compared to the wages paid … construction sector in Germany. Instead of estimating the effect on employment, the authors focus on the change of prices on a firm … estimations show that the minimum wage did have a different impact in East and West Germany. In East Germany, we find significant …

We estimate the effects of the introduction and subsequent increases of a substantial minimum wage in Germany's main … rate for East Germany but did not have a significant impact on the West German equivalent. The estimated effect on the …

low educated workers motivated by the increases in employment and wages in the construction sector during the recent … housing boom. The estimation strategy is based on the fact that changes in the labor market driven by the construction sector …