market reforms implemented in Germany between 2003 and 2005. I exploit regional variation in the intensity German counties …

erences in the distribution of income and wages using county-level data from Germany. Chapter 2 analyzes the impact of the so …

wages of displaced German workers after they returned to work. We also present a simple new method to decompose the wage … wages of displaced workers after their return to work. Women experienced smaller wage losses than men. For both sexes, over …-displacement wages. …

Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … receive less attention. Yet, a popular argument for a federal minimum wage in Germany is that it will prevent in-work poverty … microsimulation model that accounts for the interactions between wages, the tax-benefit system and net incomes at the household level …

introduction, the distributional literature for Germany has focusedon hourly wages and earnings or relied on ex-ante simulations … Germany. Although the reductionof income inequality and poverty were emphasized as policy goals of the of minimumwage …