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Gesetzliche Mindestlöhne: Mit der Einführung kommen die Tücken der Umsetzung

Brenke, Karl; Wagner, Gert G. - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 11, pp. 751-757

Ein allgemeiner, gesetzlicher Mindestlohn ist nach den Bundestagswahlen 2013 ein ganz wichtiges politisches Thema in …

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Ognedal, Tone - 2012

Why do not people evade more taxes when their gain from evasion is higher than the expected penalties? Why does only a small minority evade when a large majority is willing to? These tax evasion puzzles are explained in a labour market framework where employees may combine reported work in firms...

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A Good Time for Making Work Pay? Taking Stock of In-Work Benefits and Related Measures across the OECD

Immervoll, Herwig; Pearson, Mark - 2009

The twin problem of in-work poverty and persistent labour market difficulties of low-skilled individuals has been one of the most important drivers of tax-benefit policy reforms in OECD countries in recent years. Employment-conditional cash transfers to individuals facing particular...

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Wie weiter am deutschen Arbeitsmarkt?

Eichhorst, Werner - 2013

Der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt hat sich in den letzten Jahren stark verändert. Es sind viele zusätzliche Arbeitsplätze entstanden. Das bedeutet aber nicht, dass die Politik in der neuen Legislaturperiode nichts mehr zu tun hätte. Zwei wesentliche Handlungsfelder stehen auf der Agenda: die...

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The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-27

This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000-2007...

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Underreporting of earnings and the minimum wage spike

Tonin, Mirco - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-18

This paper contributes to the policy debate on minimum wage by highlighting its role in enforcing compliance with fiscal rules in economies where underreporting of earnings is widespread. First, I propose a simple model exploring the interaction between the minimum wage and underreporting of...

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The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families: What do we know now?

Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Koyle, Leslie - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-34

We provide updated evidence on the effects of living wage laws in U.S. cities, relative to the earlier research covering only the first six or seven years of existence of these laws. There are some challenges to updating the evidence, as the CPS data on which it relies changed geographic coding...

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Minimum Wages and Excessive Effort Supply

Kräkel, Matthias; Schöttner, Anja - 2009

It is well-known that, in static models, minimum wages generate positive worker rents and, consequently, inefficiently low e?ort. We show that this result does not necessarily extend to a dynamic context. The reason is that, in repeated employment relationships, ?rms may exploit workers' future...

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Adequacy of social minimums: Workfare, gender and poverty alleviation in welfare democracies

Nelson, Kenneth - 2008

In the Western countries poverty has increased along with the resurgence of low-income targeting and the increased conditionality of social assistance. This paper provides new evidence on the relationship between social minimums and income adequacy by examining the extent to which social...

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Das deutsche Mindestlohngesetz: Eine erste ökonomische Bewertung

Lesch, Hagen; Mayer, Alexander; Schmid, Lisa - 2014

Eingriffsintensität auf das westdeutsche Niveau zu senken, dürfte der Mindestlohn im Osten lediglich 7,00 Euro je Stunde betragen. Der … Mindestlohn bedeutet demnach vor allem für den Osten einen signifikanten Arbeitsmarkteingriff, der mit großen … der Vollendung des 21. Lebensjahres Anspruch auf den gesetzlichen Mindestlohn haben. Noch besser wäre es, alle …

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