This paper examines the set of interdependences between the formation of wages, prices and the minimum wage (SMIC) through a vectorial error correction model estimated on French quarterly macroeconomic data covering the 1970-1/1999-4 period. Two periods are distinguished: the period of inflation...

Eine Erhöhung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf 12 Euro zum 1. Oktober 2022 hätte in Deutschland nur geringe Inflationseffekte zur Folge. Dies zeigen Simulationsrechnungen mit dem makroökonomischen NiGEM-Modell, die auf Daten zur Lohnverteilung aus dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)...

This paper examines empirically the dynamics of wage floors defined in industry-level wage agreements in France. It also investigates how industry-level wage floor adjustment interacts with changes in the national minimum wage (NMW hereafter). For this, we have collected a unique dataset of...