Germany did not establish a statutory minimum wage until 2015. The new wage floor was set at an initial level of €8.50 per hour. When it was introduced, about 11 percent of German employees earned less than that amount. Based on descriptive figures, qualitative research and...

Germany did not establish a statutory minimum wage until 2015. The new wage floor was set at an initial level of €8.50 per hour. When it was introduced, about 11 percent of German employees earned less than that amount. Based on descriptive figures, qualitative research and...

Vor Einführung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns in Deutschland gab es eine Reihe von Prognosen zu den möglichen Beschäftigungseffekten. Entgegen dem damals herrschenden Konsens haben die inzwischen vorliegenden empirischen Analysen nur begrenzte negative Beschäftigungseffekte identifiziert....