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Monopsonistic competition, low-wage labour markets, and minimum wages : an empirical analysis
Bachmann, Ronald; Frings, Hanna - 2015
statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a …
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Mind the gap: effects of the national minimum wage on the gender wage gap in Germany
Schmid, Ramona - 2022
With its introduction in 2015, the statutory minimum wage in Germany intends to benefit primarily low-wage workers … decrease by 2.46 and 6.34 percentage points respectively in the West and East of Germany after 2015. Applying counterfactual … decrease in discriminatory remuneration structures in the West of Germany due to the introduced wage floor. …
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What do we really know about the employment effects of the UK's national minimum wage?
Brewer, Mike; Crossley, Thomas F.; Zilio, Federico - 2019
A substantial body of research on the UK's National Minimum Wage (NMW) has concluded that the the NMW has not had a detrimental effect on employment. This research has directly influenced, through the Low Pay Commission, the conduct of policy, including the subsequent introduction of the...
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What do we really know about the employment effects of the UK's national minimum wage?
Brewer, Mike; Crossley, Thomas F.; Zilio, Federico - 2019
A substantial body of research on the UK's National Minimum Wage (NMW) has concluded that the the NMW has not had a detrimental effect on employment. This research has directly influenced, through the Low Pay Commission, the conduct of policy, including the subsequent introduction of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019300
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Changing the structure of minimum wages : firm adjustment and wage spillovers
Giupponi, Giulia; Machin, Stephen - 2018
This paper analyses the economic impact of a significant change to the structure of a minimum wage setting policy. The context is the United Kingdom where government mandated an unexpected change in the structure of minimum wages and their setting in 2016 by introducing a new minimum wage - the...
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National minimum wage and employment of young workers in the UK
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, J. D. - 2013
We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature found little evidence of an adverse impact of the NMW on the UK labor market. We focus on the age-related increases in the NMW at 18 and 22 years of age. Using regression...
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The Price and Employment Response of Firms to the Introduction of Minimum Wages
Link, Sebastian - 2021
Germany. In line with previous studies, the estimated employment effect is only modestly negative and statistically …
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The Price and Employment Response of Firms to the Introduction of Minimum Wages
Link, Sebastian - 2022
Germany. Widely throughout the economy, affected firms responded by rapidly and frequently increasing prices without cutting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014242325
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What does the German minimum wage do? : the impact of the introduction of the statutory minimum wage on the composition of low- and minimum-wage labour
Dütsch, Matthias; Altun, Orkun; Grundmann, Luisa; … - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 243 (2023) 3/4, pp. 355-396
In this article, we examine structural changes in minimum wage and low wage labor following the introduction and first increase of the German minimum wage. Changes in the impact that workers face earning gross hourly wages below the minimum-wage or low-wage thresholds are identified by comparing...
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Mindestlohn in Deutschland, Großbritannien und in den USA
Bossler, Mario - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 96 (2016) 6, pp. 422-425
. Erste Evaluationsergebnisse zeigen, dass der Mindestlohn in Deutschland nur einen moderaten Beschäftigungsverlust nach sich …Die Diskusssion über die Auswirkungen des allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohns in Deutschland ist in vollem Gange … zog, wobei langfristige Auswirkungen zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt schwierig zu schätzen sind. Während in Deutschland gefordert …
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