Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
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 … disposable incomes is small because low wage earners are scattered over the whole income distribution and wage increases would to …