Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Microsimulation Study for Germany

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal minimum wage of 7.5 per hour on the basis of a microsimulation model...

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Year of publication:	2008-05-01
Authors:	Müller, Kai-Uwe ; Steiner, Viktor
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Mindestlohn \| Gehaltsstruktur \| Armutsbekämpfung

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Extent:	182272 bytes 35 p. application/pdf
Series:	Universität Bonn - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) - Discussion Papers in 2008 Discussion Paper ; 3492 (2008)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	H32 - Firm ; I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; J32 - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Private Pensions ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; Germany. General Resources
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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