employment of migrants. Migrants are an overrepresented group in the low-wage sector and can be expected to particularly benefit … changes in employment and wage distribution. Contrary to expectations, our results show that the introduction of the minimum … increase in part-time employment, a less pronounced decline in unemployment and a greater reduction in weekly working hours …

The impact of minimum wages on employment has always been a field of conflicts among economists and this divergence of … minimum wages and employment remains. This result contradicts the neoclassical theory and gives a Keynesian perspective which … suggests that changes in minimum wages are not related with positive or negative employment effects. In their analysis, the …

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 …

Just as the standard two-way fixed effects model for estimating the impact of minimum wages on employment has been … policy is also alleged to obtain in such circumstances where the true effect of minimum wages is upon employment growth … statistically insignificant employment effects for an archetypal low-wage sector. We report that a continued focus on employment …

This paper studies how minimum wage policies affect firm employment in China using a unique county level minimum wage … or large profit margin increase employment, while those with low wages or small profit margin downsize. The increase in … the monopsony rent of firms.Our results provide evidence for the theoretical predictions of the positive minimum wage-employment …