Nach dem Mindestlohngesetz hat die Mindestlohnkommission die Aufgabe, alle zwei Jahre über eine Anpassung des Mindestlohns zu entscheiden. Neben einer Gesamtabwägung soll sie sich dabei nachlaufend an der Tariflohnentwicklung orientieren. Dieses Regelbindungselement hat sich bewährt. Das...

This study explores the impact of industrialization on secondary schooling in 19th century France. As a source of exogenous variation in industrialization across the French territory, it takes advantage of the openings and closures of mines which were supervised by the Ministry of Public Works,...

How willing are individual primary dealers to alter their offered yields in central bank quantitative easing auctions of government bonds in order to sell an additional share of the outstanding amount of a bond to the central bank? This question is of great importance for a central bank's...