This paper contributes to the policy debate on minimum wage by highlighting its role in enforcing compliance with fiscal rules in economies where underreporting of earnings is widespread. First, I propose a simple model exploring the interaction between the minimum wage and underreporting of...

The paper aims to assess the impact of selected elements of social harmonization on labor market performance in the European Union among two groups of workers - the total working population and the elderly. The aim is to examine whether upward changes in labor taxes affect employment,...

In Deutschland hat die Forderung nach Einführung eines allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohns an Bedeutung gewonnen. In diesem Beitrag werden zum einen die gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Veränderungen aufgezeigt, die die Grundlage der Verbreitung dieser Forderung bilden, und zum...

"Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World builds on an earlier Russell Sage Foundation study (Low-Wage America) to compare the plight of low-wage workers in the United States to five European countries - Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom - where wage supports, worker...