effects on employment level and composition (formal X informal) were identified for both, time-series and longitudinal data …. The results show a significant effect of minimum wage on wage distribution. Regarding employment the aggregate effects … points towards a decrease in employment level and also in the formal share of those employed. However the magnitudes are not …

This paper studies the employment and reallocation effects of minimum wages in Germany in a search-and-matching model … with endogenous job search effort and vacancy posting, multiple employment levels, a progressive tax-transfer system, and …, hours worked and output without reducing employment. In frictional labor markets, however, reallocation takes time whenever …

employment of migrants. Migrants are an overrepresented group in the low-wage sector and can be expected to particularly benefit … changes in employment and wage distribution. Contrary to expectations, our results show that the introduction of the minimum … increase in part-time employment, a less pronounced decline in unemployment and a greater reduction in weekly working hours …

, resulting in gains in terms of both employment and wages for natives, which does not hold for documented immigration. Stricter …

-employee data for Germany that allow to take the complete employment biographies of newly hired workers into account. The results … instable employment biographies, come from unemployment or outside the labor force, or were affected by a plant closure … in startups than in incumbents. Therefore, even if startups provide employment opportunities for certain groups of …

We analyse the effects of imports on employment and earnings by distinguishing between import competition in final …