Although there is a large literature on the economic effects of minimum wages on labour market outcomes (especially employment), there is hardly any evidence on their impact on firm performance. This is surprising: minimum wages appear to have a significant impact on wages, but only a limited...

Die Internationale Industrie- und Handelskammer (ICC) und das ifo Institut haben gemeinsam eine Umfrage zur kommenden WTO-Konferenz bei mehr als 520 Unternehmern und Experten in 77 Ländern durchgeführt. Die Antworten zeigten eine starke weltweite Befürwortung des Starts der neuen...

Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the“information” and “communication” components together. We show theoretically and empirically thatthese have very different effects on the empowerment of employees, and by extension on wageinequality....