This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...

This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...

We assess the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment in the UK over the 1999-2010 period explicitly modelling the effect of the 2008 to 2010 recession. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets with the use of the...

The functioning of the labour market and the impact of labour market policies are a long-standing issue in social and political debate. In this respect, labour market research acquires the necessary knowledge and often receives impulses from labour market policy. Conversely, progress in the...

Der Gesetzentwurf der Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen des Landtages von Sachsen-Anhalt (Drucksache 6/1804 des Landtages von Sachsen-Anhalt vom 13.2.2013) zielt auf die Durchsetzung eines einheitlichen Mindestlohnes in Sachsen-Anhalt für Beschäftigte des Landes, der Kommunen, der sonstigen...

Der Gesetzesentwurf der Bundesregierung zur Stärkung der Tarifautonomie zielt darauf ab, die Tarifautonomie zu stärken und angemessene Arbeitsbedingungen für Beschäftigte sicherzustellen (Bundestagsdrucksache 18/1558). Er sieht vor, zum 1. Januar 2015 einen flächendeckenden gesetzlichen...