Researchers' interest in monopsony has increased in recent years. This article reviews the
accumulating evidence that employers have considerable monopsony power. It summarizes …

Impacts of minimum wages: Page 1 1 Contents Executive summary 2 Chapter 1 Introduction –
motivation for a minimum wage, and current policy context 6 Chapter 2 Who would be affected by …

This paper discusses non-employment margins through which firms may respond to
minimum wage increases. Margins of interest include evasion, output prices, noncash …

It is hard to find a negative effect on the employment effect of rises in the minimum wage: the
elusive employment effect. It is much easier to find an impact on wages. This paper argues …

Monthly wage inequality in Germany continued to increase in the early 2000s, which is
mainly explained by a rising part-time employment share. After 2010, inequality returned to …

In many countries, women are over-represented among low-wage employees, which is why
a wage floor could benefit them particularly. Following this notion, we analyse the impact of …

This paper advances the use of pre-analysis plans in non-experimental research settings. In
a study of recent minimum wage changes, we demonstrate how analyses of medium-and …

Germany did not establish a statutory minimum wage until 2015. The new wage floor was
set at an initial level of€ 8.50 per hour. When it was introduced, about 11 percent of German …

We provide a concise introduction to a household-panel data infrastructure that provides the
international research community with longitudinal data of private households in Germany …

Using the variation across space, age and sex and the variation across space and sectors,
we analyse the relationship between the minimum wage and (un) employment growth in …