construction sector in Germany. Instead of estimating the effect on employment, the authors focus on the change of prices on a firm … estimations show that the minimum wage did have a different impact in East and West Germany. In East Germany, we find significant …, there was no significant price reaction observed for West Germany. The minimum wage seems too low compared to the wages paid …

Am 1. Januar 2015 wurde in Deutschland der allgemeine gesetzliche Mindestlohn eingeführt. Wir identifizieren … Zurückhaltung in den Einstellungen zurückzuführen. Hochgerechnet hätten ohne den Mindestlohn 60.000 zusätzliche Jobs entstehen …

We assess the short-term employment effects of the introduction of a national statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 …

This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using …

We assess the short-term employment effects of the introduction of a national statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 …

This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using …

introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 exploiting cross-sectional variation of the minimum wage affectedness … aggregate monthly income data. The estimation strategy consists of two steps. We test for (unidentified) structural breaks in a …

We analyze the short-run impact of the introduction of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany on further training at … reduction in the training incidence but a slight reduction in the intensity of training at treated establishments. Effect … heterogeneities reveal that the negative impact is mostly driven by employer-financed training. On the worker level, we observe a …

minimum wage in Germany. We disentangle various factors that explain the variation in previous simulation results. Based on …

Germany, but there is almost no evidence for employment effects. The results also show that the wage effect is quickly undone …