-in-difference estimation reveals no significant employment effects of the minimum wage introduction. We test for alternative adjustment …

minimum wage increase in 2018 has so far produced no significant declines in employment. However, if drastic increases … economies and employment growth will likely exhibit a large drop distorting the wage structure. Thus, an adjustment in the pace … employment, there are several options available to employers to respond to the minimum wage increase such as raising prices …

We revisit the development of monthly wages in Germany between 2000 and 2017. While wage inequality strongly increased …-in-differences based on unconditional quantile regressions applied to German administrative employment data. The results show significant … wage effects of varying magnitudes along the lower half of the wage distribution. Employment dynamics do not explain …

wage distribution. Employment dynamics cannot explain the effects along the wage distribution, implying strong wage …