Der demographische Wandel stellt Unternehmen vor zentrale Herausforderungen: Die Belegschaften altern und ihre altersbezogene Heterogenität steigt. Bislang war unklar, ob und über welche Mechanismen der Umgang mit Beschäftigten unterschiedlicher Altersgruppen dazu beitragen kann, die...

On 1 January 2015 a new statutory minimum wage of € 8.50 per hour of work was introduced in Germany. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we estimate effects on worker-level outcomes of continuing employees. The results reveal a meaningful absolute increase in the affected workers' pay...

The present paper examines the relationship between fixed-term employment and job satisfaction using individual-level data from the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP). According to theoretical expectations, fixed-term employment should be associated with a relative low level of job...