Most of the minimum wage literature in developing countries provides supporting evidence of its effectiveness in reducing wage inequality. Using minimum wage data from Thailand (1985-2010), I find rather mixed outcomes. The minimum wage seems to help compress the lower part of wage distribution...

Motivations for introducing a statutory minimum wage in developing countries include reducing poverty, advancing social justice, and accelerating growth. Attaining these goals depends on the national context and policy choices. Institutional capacity tends to be limited, so institutional...

Für viele Beschäftigte steigen im Zuge der Anhebung des Mindestlohns auf 12 Euro nicht nur die Stundenlöhne. Neueste Befragungsdaten zeigen, dass es auch zu deutlichen Gehaltsanhebungen gekommen ist, die für sozialversicherungspfl ichtig Beschäftigte im Schnitt eine Größenordnung von...

The START-UP NY program is a creation-based entrepreneurial policy that sets up enterprise zones in several New York counties. The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that the program does not affect entrepreneurial activity in the industrial sectors it targets: manufacturing and...

This paper presents an average treatment effect analysis of Spain’s furlough program during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using 2020 labour force quarterly microdata, we construct a counterfactual made of comparable nonfurloughed individuals who lost their jobs and apply propensity score...

Non-take-up of welfare schemes is a key concern of policy effectiveness. Building on studies that have shown the low take-up of minimum income schemes, our case study of Ireland's Working Family Payment is the first to analyse non-take-up of an in-work benefit and its determinants with a special...

Minijobs are subsidized small jobs below a fixed earnings threshold. Since a reform in 2003, they are viewed as stepping stones to the first labor market. However, the Minijob subsidy generates a 'Minijob trap' that causes vast bunching at the Minijob earnings threshold. Therefore, Midijobs were...

Economic cycles affect both unemployment and the composition of employment, which can have an impact on the well-being of individuals if these changes in composition are involuntary or involve a decrease in the quality of employment. In this article, we study the relationship between economic...

Das DIW Berlin hat im Herbst 2013 eine Studie über Mindestlöhne vorgelegt, die auf Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) für das Jahr 2011 beruhte. Inzwischen liegen Daten für 2012 vor. Im Jahr 2012 erhielten 5,2 Millionen Arbeitnehmer einen Bruttostundenlohn von weniger als 8,50 Euro...

In der Augustausgabe 2013 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz von Dominik Groll und Stefan Kooths mit dem Titel Vor der Bundestagswahl: Argumente für Mindestlöhne überzeugen nicht. Jürgen Kromphardt setzt sich hier kritisch mit ihren Argumenten auseinander. Daraufhin...