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 …

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. -- Minimum wage …

identified. We argue that if a reduced form estimation of RTT is undertaken, firm-year fixed effects must be added in order to … eliminate this bias. Estimates from two large panel datasets from Portugal and Germany show that the bias is empirically …

receive less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage in Germany is that it will prevent in-work poverty …

erences in the distribution of income and wages using county-level data from Germany. Chapter 2 analyzes the impact of the so …

This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using …

This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using …

market reforms implemented in Germany between 2003 and 2005. I exploit regional variation in the intensity German counties …

Germany that includes information on hourly wages and hours worked. We provide a full distributional analysis based on … existence of pre-trends leads to an upward bias for the estimation of the minimum wage effect. We do not find any significant …

reforms between 2003 and 2005. We focus on the quality of new jobs started between 1998 and 2010 in West Germany in terms of …