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Long-term effects of hiring subsidies for low-educated unemployed youths

Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2023

We use a regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences estimators to estimate the impact of a one-shot hiring subsidy for low-educated unemployed youths during the Great Recession recovery in Belgium. The subsidy increases job-finding in the private sector by 10 percentage points...

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Price effects of minimum wages : evidence from the construction sector in East and West Germany

Werner, Thomas; Sell, Friedrich L.; Reinisch, David C. - 2013

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 …

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Assessing the distributive effects of minimum wage

Borraz, Fernando; González Pampillón, Nicolás - 2017

This paper analyzes the role of Uruguay's sharp minimum wage increases after 2004 amidst the country's slight wage inequality decrease. We found that the minimum wage increase has contributed to the reduction of wage inequality for formal workers mainly. However, we also found a negative impact...

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Labor Market Frictions and Spillover Effects from Publicly Announced Sectoral Minimum Wages

Demir, Gökay - 2023

This paper analyzes the spillover effects of the first sectoral minimum wage in Germany. Using a triple differences … estimation, the study examines the impact of public discussion and announcement of the minimum wage on workers and industries …

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Labor market frictions and spillover effects from publicly announced sectoral minimum wages

Demir, Gökay - 2022

I analyze the spillover effects of publicly announced sectoral minimum wages in Germany. My identification strategy … differences estimation. Subminimum wage workers in related industries outside of the minimum wage sector experience an increase in … of Germany's first sectoral minimum wage. The reduction of information frictions, rather than the strategic interaction …

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Labor market frictions and spillover effects from publicly announced sectoral minimum wages

Demir, Gökay - 2023

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Labor Market Frictions and Spillover Effects from Publicly Announced Sectoral Minimum Wages

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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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The regional distribution of income and wages : causes and consequences

Immel, Lea - 2021

erences in the distribution of income and wages using county-level data from Germany. Chapter 2 analyzes the impact of the so …

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Behavioral effects of a federal minimum wage and income inequality in Germany : conference paper

Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013

receive less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage in Germany is that it will prevent in-work poverty …

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