Caliendo, Marco; Schröder, Carsten; Wittbrodt, Linda - 2018
In 2015, Germany introduced a statutory hourly minimum wage that was not only universally binding but also set at a … relatively high level. We discuss the short-run effects of this new minimum wage on a wide set of socio-economic outcomes, such … as employment and working hours, earnings and wage inequality, dependent and self-employment, as well as reservation …