A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax … rates. Our analysis is based on a microsimulation model that accounts for the interactions between wages, the tax …

A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax … rates. Our analysis is based on a microsimulation model that accounts for the interactions between wages, the tax …

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

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

; income distribution ; inequality ; microsimulation …In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …

; income distribution ; inequality ; microsimulation …In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …

; income distribution ; inequality ; microsimulation …In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the …

In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the … basis of a microsimulation model which accounts for the complex interactions between individual wages, the tax …

In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the … basis of a microsimulation model which accounts for the complex interactions between individual wages, the tax …

In view of rising wage and income inequality, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important … policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.50 € per hour on the … basis of a microsimulation model which accounts for the complex interactions between individual wages, the tax …