In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution …

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution …

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution …

In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution …

A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …

A popular argument for a federal minimum wage is that it will prevent in-work poverty and reduce income inequality. We … examine this assertion for Germany, a welfare state with a relative generous means-tested social minimum and high marginal tax …

Minimum Income (MI) schemes are essential to alleviate poverty and guarantee a last-resort safety net to households … with insufficient resources. Assessing the effectiveness of MI schemes in poverty reduction is challenging. Studies based … their degree of coverage and adequacy, their poverty-alleviating effects and their overall cost. Finally, we explore the …