Considering the contribution of the distribution of individual wages and earnings to that of household incomes we find … inequality, data sources, and stylized facts of wage dispersion for rich countries. The literature explaining the dispersion of …

This study examines the short-term effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on hourly wages …, monthly wages and paid working hours. We exploit a novel panel dataset by linking the Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) 2014 … indicate an effect of the introduction of the statutory minimum wage on the average hourly wages of employees in minimum wage …

This study examines the impact of husbands' wages on their wives' labor force participation rates and hours worked in … urban China from 1995 to 2018. We find that an increase in husbands' wages reduces the labor force participation rate of … more than her husband - strengthens the income effect of husbands' wages. The labor supply effect of husbands' wages is …

preferences and wages for couples' labor supply. Spouses differ in their tastes for market consumption and non-market goods and … activities, and also in their offered or earned wages. They interact in their choices of market hours, homework, and leisure. We … significantly larger if the wage shock is asymmetric across partners, not symmetric. Aggregating preferences and wages by gender and …

statutory minimum wage introduction in Germany in January 2015. A semi-structural estimation approach is employed based on a …

wages by examining the case of Canada. Previous studies from the US, using individual level data, have revealed that annual …

should be higher, about 2.2. Together with prior estimates of the quit elasticity these results imply that wages are 72 …