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The Effect of the Tipped Minimum Wage on Employees in the U.S. Restaurant Industry
Even, William E. - 2013
According to federal law in 2013, employers can take a credit of up to $5.13 for tips received by workers in satisfying the minimum wage requirement of $7.25. This study uses interstate variation in laws regarding tip credits and minimum wages to identify the effects of reducing or eliminating...
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Internationale Vergleiche beim Mindestlohn
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Thum, Marcel - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 21 (2014) 4, pp. 34-35
Ab dem 1.Januar 2015 soll in Deutschland ein flächendeckender Mindestlohn von 8,50 € gelten. Die Warnungen vor … in Großbritannien der Mindestlohn neu eingeführt, ohne dass es zu nennenswerten Verwerfungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt kam …. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Eingriffsintensität des deutschen Mindestlohns im internationalen Vergleich. Ein Mindestlohn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011733401
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Internationale Vergleiche beim Mindestlohn
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Thum, Marcel - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 21 (2014) 04, pp. 34-35
Ab dem 1.Januar 2015 soll in Deutschland ein flächendeckender Mindestlohn von 8,50 € gelten. Die Warnungen vor … in Großbritannien der Mindestlohn neu eingeführt, ohne dass es zu nennenswerten Verwerfungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt kam …. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Eingriffsintensität des deutschen Mindestlohns im internationalen Vergleich. Ein Mindestlohn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888429
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Extensive vs. intensive margin in Germany and the United States: any differences?
Merkl, Christian; Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2009
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277957
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Extensive vs. intensive margin in Germany and the United States : any differences?
Merkl, Christian; Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2009
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929206
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Extensive vs. intensive margin in Germany and the United States : any differences?
Merkl, Christian; Wesselbaum, Dennis - 2010
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older US studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008806578
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Extensive vs. Intensive Margin in Germany and the United States : Any Differences?
Merkl, Christian - 2010
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139060
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An Empirical Measure for Labor Market Density
Gautier, Pieter A.; Teulings, Coen N. - 2000
In this paper we derive a structural measure for labor market density based on the Ellison and Glasear (1997) Index for industry concentration. This labor market density measure serves as a proxy for the number of workers that can reach a certain work area within a reasonal amount of traveling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324590
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Understanding declining fluidity in the U.S. labor market
Molloy, Raven S.; Smith, Christopher L.; Trezzi, Riccardo; … - 2016
We document a clear downward trend in labor market fluidity that is common across a variety of measures of worker and job turnover. This trend dates to at least the early 1980s if not somewhat earlier. Next we pull together evidence on a variety of hypotheses that might explain this downward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499762
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Understanding Declining Fluidity in the U.S. Labor Market
Molloy, Raven - 2016
We document a clear downward trend in labor market fluidity that is common across a variety of measures of worker and job turnover. This trend dates to at least the early 1980s if not somewhat earlier. Next we pull together evidence on a variety of hypotheses that might explain this downward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210374