The minimum wage in Ireland increased every year from 2016 to 2025. We investigate whether these minimum wage increases led to a higher likelihood of minimum wage employees becoming unemployed or inactive. To do this, we implement a difference-in-differences methodology that compares the changes...

Attracting and retaining a high-quality teacher workforce is a central challenge for education policy, and higher teacher salaries are often proposed as a solution. The LEARNS Act increased Arkansas's minimum teacher salary from $36,000 to $50,000, guaranteed all teachers a minimum raise of...

This paper aims to provide evidence of the impact on the minimum wage to employment in Greece over the period 2016 to 2024. The main contribution of this paper is the examination of the effects of the minimum wage during a period characterized by many difficulties and research interest not only...

A large literature investigates the employment effects of minimum wages, with comparatively little evidence on other adjustment margins. In this paper, we analyze the impact of a nationwide introduction of minimum wages in Germany on employer-induced work pressure, using detailed worker-level...

How do minimum wage changes affect workplace amenities? Using the universe of claims from California, the US’ largest workers’ compensation system, over 2000-2019, we exploit geographic variation in state- and city-level minimum wages and local occupation-level variation in exposure to...

This paper analyzes the labor market effects of Mexico's 2019 minimum wage reform, which doubled wages in northern border municipalities. Using other northern municipalities with smaller wage adjustments as a comparison group, we examine changes in worker transitions across employment states....

This paper examines the relationship between labour market concentration and wage inequality using global survey data for the period 2006-2022. The results show that higher labour market concentration is associated with higher wage inequality, especially in the top half of the wage distribution....

Der Ausschuss für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestages hat am 12.1.2026 eine öffentliche Anhörung zu den beiden Anträgen "Mindestlohngesetz reformieren - 15 Euro pro Stunde sicherstellen" und "Mindestlohn auf 15 Euro anheben und dauerhaft armutsfest machen" durchgeführt, an der das...

What are the returns to firms of paying more? We study a Fortune 500 firm's voluntary firm-wide $15/hour minimum wage, which affected some warehouses more than others. Using a continuous difference-in-differences design, we find that a $1/hour pay increase (5.5 percent) halves worker departures,...

Using 1979-2019 Current Population Survey data, we study the effect of state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality. We find that minimum wages substantially reduce intergroup wage inequality at least up to the 20th wage percentile, with no evidence of adverse...

We study the effects of North Macedonia's 2017 minimum wage reform - the largest in the country's history - using matched employer-employee administrative data covering the entire range of firms and employees, and a difference-in-differences design based on firms' pre-reform share of minimum...

We find a substantial and long-lasting positive effect of the introduction of regional minimum wages on training incidence and intensity. We apply a stacked difference-in-differences estimation to identify the dynamic effect of high minimum wages introduced in several Swiss cantons between 2018...

A large literature investigates the employment effects of minimum wages, with comparatively little evidence on other adjustment margins. In this paper, we analyze the impact of a nationwide introduction of minimum wages in Germany on employer-induced work pressure, using detailed worker-level...

Der Ausschuss für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestages hat am 12.1.2026 eine öffentliche Anhörung zu den beiden Anträgen "Mindestlohngesetz reformieren - 15 Euro pro Stunde sicherstellen" und "Mindestlohn auf 15 Euro anheben und dauerhaft armutsfest machen" durchgeführt, an der das...

In recent years, minimum wage policy in Europe has undergone a profound change: Many EU countries have raised their minimum wages above average and focused on the goal of ensuring an adequate standard of living. A consolidation of the new course is now emerging, as EU countries are now...

This paper studies how the introduction of a statutory minimum wage affects the gender wage gap within firms. I compare the residual gender wage gap in firms with and without minimum wage exposure before and after the reform using linked employer-employee data from Germany and employ a...

We leverage rich data from a prominent online job board in Uruguay to assess directed search patterns in job applications, focusing on posted wages and advertised non-wage amenities. We find robust evidence of directed search based on posted wages in the cross-section, with stark heterogeneity...

Vor Einführung eines flächendeckenden Mindestlohns in Deutschland im Jahr 2015 war sich die Arbeitsmarktökonomik weitgehend darin einig, dass dieses 'soziale Experiment' mit erheblichen Arbeitsplatzverlusten bezahlt werden müsste. Die Begleitforschung zur Mindestlohneinführung konnte dann...

The effects of minimum wages on workers and firms depend on enforcement and compliance. While most research examines local determinants, this paper explores whether international market enforcement influences minimum wage impacts. In South Africa farmers exporting to the EU must comply with...

Auch in diesem Jahr setzt sich der Trend zu deutlichen nominalen Mindestlohnerhöhungen fort. Angesichts rückläufiger Inflationsraten führt dies in den meisten Ländern Europas zu kräftigen Kaufkraftzuwächsen für Mindestlohnempfänger*innen. Hintergrund ist die Umsetzung der Europäischen...

There are considerable differences in minimum wage growth between EU member states with national minimum wages. Potential sources for these differences are discrepancies in economic fundamentals and institutional differences in how minimum wages are adjusted. Using a novel dataset based on...

This paper evaluates the evolution of the Dutch minimum wage since its introduction in 1969 and discusses this as an intriguing case suggesting that a deeper, economic analysis of firm and employee behaviours is required for minimum-wage analysis in general. The real level of the minimum wage...

This paper takes a historical perspective and assesses the evolution of the institutional features in setting the minimum wage in Greece between 1975 and 2023. It also evaluates developments regarding the minimum wage level, its bite and alignment with productivity. The paper reviews the limited...

The introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 aimed at improving the welfare of low-wage workers but was also accompanied by concerns about distortions in Europe's largest economy. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of results from the evaluation of the German minimum...

This article examines the effects of the introduction of the statutory minimum wage on the distribution of individual income from wages, as well as gross and net means-weighted income of workers in Germany. For the first time, data from the Survey of Income and Consumption was used, in which...

This study examines the short-term effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on hourly wages, monthly wages and paid working hours. We exploit a novel panel dataset by linking the Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) 2014 and the Earnings Survey (ES) 2015 and apply a...

Tarifliche Branchenmindestlöhne definieren Lohnuntergrenzen, die von allen Betrieben einer Branche eingehalten werden müssen, unabhängig davon, ob sie tarifgebunden sind oder nicht. In Ergänzung zum gesetzlichen Mindestlohn haben die Branchenmindestlöhne eine wichtige Funktion zur...

While FTA negotiations are proliferating, our paper shows that targeting the appropriate sector is crucial for generating employment opportunities subsequent to FTA. In particular, we show that, countering conventional wisdom, targeting skill-biased exports and not the sector that employs...

While FTA negotiations are proliferating, our paper shows that targeting the appropriate sector is crucial for generating employment opportunities subsequent to FTA. In particular, we show that, countering conventional wisdom, targeting skill-biased exports and not the sector that employs...