between wages and hours become more important over time in determining earnings inequality. Based on unconditional quantile …

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 …

This paper evaluates the effects of the newly introduced German minimum wage on the distribution of hourly wages and … Germany that includes information on hourly wages and hours worked. We provide a full distributional analysis based on …-over effects up to 20 percent above it. We show that inequality in hourly wages fell between 2014 and 2018, but that the long …

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 …

detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and … employees in a geographical region with wages below the minimum wage prior to the reform. We document the reform's positive …

detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and … employees in a geographical region with wages below the minimum wage prior to the reform. We document the reform's positive …

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

In this chapter reviews the literature and inform policy debates about the effects of minimum wages (MW) on income …