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Behavioral effects of a federal minimum wage and income inequality in Germany : conference paper
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2013
Empirical studies on minimum wages are primarily concerned with employment while their effects on income inequality … and reduce income inequality. We examine this assertion for different minimum wage levels on the basis of a … will only have a minor impact on inequality among households with at least one minimum-wage worker. Low wage earners are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341614
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The short-term distributional effects of the German minimum wage reform
Caliendo, Marco; Fedorets, Alexandra; Preuß, Malte; … - 2017
This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and actual working hours, and monthly earnings. Our descriptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011782012
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The short-term distributional effects of the german minimum wage reform
Caliendo, Marco; Fedorets, Alexandra; Preuß, Malte; … - 2017
This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and actual working hours, and monthly earnings. Our descriptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785655
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Using distribution regression difference-in-differences to evaluate the effects of a minimum wage introduction on the distribution of hourly wages and hours worked
Biewen, Martin; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Rümmele, Marian - 2022
-over effects up to 20 percent above it. We show that inequality in hourly wages fell between 2014 and 2018, but that the long …-term trend of rising inequality would already have been stopped after 2014 without the minimum wage. We demonstrate that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013367531
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Comparing micro-evidence on rent sharing from three different approaches
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Mairesse, Jacques - 2015
Empirical labor economists have resorted to estimating the responsiveness of workers' wages on firms' ability to pay to assess the extent to which employers share rents with their employees. This paper compares this labor economics approach with two other approaches that rely on standard micro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532584
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Comparing micro-evidence on rent sharing from three different approaches
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Mairesse, Jacques - 2015
Empirical labor economists have resorted to estimating the responsiveness of workers' wages on firms' ability to pay to assess the extent to which employers share rents with their employees. This paper compares this labor economics approach with two other approaches that rely on standard micro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283105
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Comparing micro-evidence on rent sharing from two different econometric models
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Mairesse, Jacques - 2017
Researchers contributing to the empirical rent-sharing literature have typically resorted to estimating the responsiveness of workers' wages on firms' ability to pay in order to assess the extent to which employers share rents with their employees. This paper compares rent-sharing estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763822
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Comparing micro-evidence on rent sharing from two different econometric models
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Mairesse, Jacques - 2017
Researchers contributing to the empirical rent-sharing literature have typically resorted to estimating the responsiveness of workers' wages on firms' ability to pay in order to assess the extent to which employers share rents with their employees. This paper compares rent-sharing estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772944
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Does the German minimum wage help low income households? : evidence from observed outcomes and the simulation of potential effects
Backhaus, Teresa; Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2019
at the bottom of the wage distribution. Effects on wage inequality are limited because of non-compliance, difficulties in …. Overall inequality has even increased slightly as incomes of poor households grew below average. Affected households are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012014238
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Does the German minimum wage benefit low income households : a comparison of observed outcomes and simulated potential effects
Backhaus, Teresa; Müller, Kai-Uwe - 2019
impact on overall wage inequality is rather small. Moreover, the minimum wage shows itself to be a poor redistributive tool … reform. Overall income inequality has even increased slightly as disposable income of poor households grew much less than on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304647