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Potential effects of a statutory minimum wage on the gender pay gap : a simulation-based study for Germany
Boll, Christina; Hüning, Hendrik; Leppin, Julian Sebastian - 2015
In a simulation-based study with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we analyze the effects of the newly introduced statutory minimum wage of 8.50 Euro per working hour in Germany on the gender wage gap. In our first scenario where we abstain from employment effects, the pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280833
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Potential effects of statutory minimum wage on the gender pay gap : a simulation-based study for Germany
Boll, Christina; Hüning, Hendrik; Leppin, Julian Sebastian - 2015
In a simulation-based study with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we analyze the effects of the newly introduced statutory minimum wage of 8.50 Euro per working hour in Germany on the gender wage gap. In our first scenario where we abstain from employment effects, the pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011287026
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Potential effects of statutory minimum wage on the gender pay gap: A simulation-based study for Germany
Boll, Christina; Hüning, Hendrik; Leppin, Julian; … - 2015
In a simulation-based study with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we analyze the effects of the newly introduced statutory minimum wage of 8.50 Euro per working hour in Germany on the gender wage gap. In our first scenario where we abstain from employment effects, the pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288150
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The statutory minimum wage in Germany and the labor demand elasticities of low-skilled workers : a regression discontinuity approach with establishment panel data
Kölling, Arnd - 2020 - This version: October 16th, 2020
This study examines the influence of the statutory minimum wage on labor demand elasticities regarding low-skilled workers. For this, a regression discontinuity analysis is conducted using company panel data from 2013 to 2018. In addition, a possible endogeneity of the remuneration for...
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The economics of gender-specific minimum wage legislation
Marchingiglio, Riccardo; Poyker, Michael - 2024
Using full count U.S. census data, we study the impact of early 20th-century state-industry-specific minimum wage laws that primarily targeted female employees. Our triple-difference estimates suggest a null impact of the minimum wage laws, potentially reflecting disemployment effects and the...
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The Employment Effects of Gender-Specific Minimum Wage
Marchingiglio, Riccardo; Poyker, Michael - 2019
During the 1910's, twelve states passed and implemented the first minimum-wage laws in the history of the United States. These laws were applying to specific industries and only to female employees. This paper studies the employment impact of these gender-specific minimum-wage laws, using full...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342562
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Do firms pay bonuses to protect jobs?
Reizer, Balázs - 2016
A large share of workers receives bonus payments besides their base wage. The benefits of flexible wage components in remuneration are twofold: they can incentivize workers and make it easier to adjust wages downward in response to negative shocks. Using data on bonus payments of Hungarian...
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Minimum wages in concentrated labor markets
Popp, Martin - 2021
Economists increasingly refer to monopsony power to reconcile the absence of negativeemployment effects of minimum … comprehensive test of monop-sony theory by using labor market concentration as a proxy for monopsony power. Labormarket …, theresults lend empirical support to the monopsony argument, implying that conventionalminimum wage effects on employment conceal …
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Minimum wages in concentrated labor markets
Popp, Martin - 2021
Economists increasingly refer to monopsony power to reconcile the absence of negative employment effects of minimum … wages with theory. However, systematic evidence for the monopsony argument is scarce. In this paper, I perform a … comprehensive test of monopsony theory by using labor market concentration as a proxy for monopsony power. Labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795776
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Potenzielle Auswirkungen des Mindestlohnes auf den Gender Pay Gap in Deutschland : eine Simulationsstudie
Boll, Christina; Hüning, Hendrik; Leppin, Julian Sebastian - 2015
In Deutschland wurde zum 1. Januar 2015 ein flächendeckender, gesetzlicher Mindestlohn von 8,50 Euro pro Stunde eingeführt. Kritiker des Mindestlohnes führen an, dass dieser zu erheblichen Beschäftigungsverlusten führen würde. Befürworter stellen dies in Frage und führen für den...
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