Based on a wage curve approach we examine the labor market effects of migration in Germany. The wage curve relies on … the assumption that wages respond to a change in the unemployment rate, albeit imperfectly. This allows one to derive the … wage and employment effects of migration simultaneously in a general equilibrium framework. For the empirical analysis we …

background of the large-scale influx of refugees into Germany between 2015 and 2016, this paper uses data from a unique and …

This article analyses the effects of minimum wage on employment in the Czech and Slovak Republics based on 2005-17 EU … that regular minimum wage hikes had insignificant effects on employment. Similarly, we find no negative employment …

western Germany is still not fully closed. Admittedly, this could not realistically have been expected. Despite the increase … in life satisfaction in eastern Germany, the east-west divide prevails. Evidence of this can be found in the latest data …, which was conducted for the first time in eastern Germany in 1990—shortly before economic, currency, and social union. Other …