Wage inequality in Germany after the minimum wage introduction

M Bossler, T Schank - Journal of Labor Economics, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
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 …

Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf Betriebe und Unternehmen

M Bossler, N Gürtzgen, EB Börschlein, JS Wiemann - 2022 - econstor.eu
Der vorliegende zweite Projektbericht enthält die Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojektes"
Auswirkungen des Mindestlohns auf Betriebe und Unternehmen". Das Forschungsprojekt …

Did the minimum wage reduce the gender wage gap in Germany?

M Caliendo, L Wittbrodt - Labour Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Decent wage floors in Europe: Does the minimum wage directive get it right?

H Haapanala, I Marx, Z Parolin - Journal of European Social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages represents a watershed initiative adding
substance to the EU's social dimension. It contains two ambitious objectives: establishing …

A comparison of working conditions and workers' perceptions among on-site, telework, and hybrid workers in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic

A Vinueza-Cabezas, G Osejo-Taco… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many companies to adopt different work modalities to
ensure their operation during this period. In this study, we described and compared working …

Optimal minimum wages

GM Ahlfeldt, D Roth, T Seidel - 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
We develop a quantitative spatial model with heterogeneous firms and a monopsonistic
labour market to derive minimum wages that maximize employment or welfare. Quantifying …

The short-and medium-term distributional effects of the German minimum wage reform

M Caliendo, A Fedorets, M Preuss, C Schröder… - Empirical …, 2023 - Springer
This study quantifies the distributional effects of the minimum wage introduced in Germany
in 2015. Using detailed Socio-Economic Panel survey data, we assess changes in the …

Can a federal minimum wage alleviate poverty and income inequality? Ex-post and simulation evidence from Germany

T Backhaus, KU Müller - Journal of European Social Policy, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Minimum wages are increasingly discussed as an instrument against (in-work) poverty and
income inequality in Europe. Just recently the German government opted for a substantial …

The impact of the minimum wage on working hours

P Burauel, M Caliendo, MM Grabka, C Obst… - Jahrbücher für …, 2020 - degruyter.com
The present paper analyzes how the statutory minimum wage introduced on January 1,
2015, has affected working hours in Germany up to 2016. The data used come from the …

A tale of two data sets: comparing German administrative and survey data using wage inequality as an example

H Stüber, MM Grabka, DD Schnitzlein - Journal for Labour Market …, 2023 - Springer
The IAB's Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB) and the Socio-Economic
Panel (SOEP) are the two data sets most commonly used to analyze wage inequality in …