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The statutory minimum wage has steadily increased for decades in Japan, while the median wage has fallen nominally … minimum wage has affected the wage distribution under unusual circumstances of deflation. The compression of the lower tail of … effective minimum wage reduced employment among low-skilled, middle-aged female workers, but the mechanical effect associated …
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The statutory minimum wage has steadily increased for decades in Japan, while the median wage has fallen nominally … minimum wage has affected the wage distribution under unusual circumstances of deflation. The compression of the lower tail of … effective minimum wage reduced employment among low-skilled, middle-aged female workers, but the mechanical effect associated …
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The median wage in Japan has fallen nominally since 1999 due to a severe recession, while the statutory minimum wage … the minimum wage has affected wage distribution under the unusual circumstances of deflation. The compression of the lower … steady increases in the effective minimum wage reduced employment among low-skilled, young and middle-aged female workers …
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The statutory minimum wage has steadily increased for decades in Japan, while the median wage has fallen nominally … minimum wage has affected the wage distribution under unusual circumstances of deflation. The compression of the lower tail of … effective minimum wage reduced employment among low-skilled, middle-aged female workers, but the mechanical effect associated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568279
When Ecuador raised its monthly Unified Minimum Wage from $170 to $200 in 2008, it affected 35 percent of all private sector workers. We use this unexpected minimum wage hike under former president Rafael Correa to assess the labor market impacts of the minimum wage. We use an administrative...
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Several empirical minimum wage studies have recently been published that simulate employment effects of a federal …
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In this paper employment effects of a sectoral minimum wage in the German construction sector are estimated from a … relax these assumptions and find that employment levels would be 4-5% higher without the minimum wage in the East German … mean effect: employment losses are mostly borne by young construction workers, employees not covered by collective …
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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...
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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
Several empirical minimum wage studies have recently been published that simulate employment effects of a federal … may lead to substantial differences in simulation outcomes. -- Minimum wage ; wage distribution ; employment effects …
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