The German statutory minimum wage and its effects on regional employment and unemployment
"This paper studies the effects of the introduction of Germany's statutory minimum wage in 2015 on employment and unemployment on the level of regional labor markets. Using variation in the regional exposure to the new wage floor, we employ a difference-in-differences approach that compare...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| author | Bonin, Holger Isphording, Ingo E. Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle Lichter, Andreas Pestel, Nico Rinne, Ulf |
| author_facet | Bonin, Holger Isphording, Ingo E. Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle Lichter, Andreas Pestel, Nico Rinne, Ulf |
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| description | "This paper studies the effects of the introduction of Germany's statutory minimum wage in 2015 on employment and unemployment on the level of regional labor markets. Using variation in the regional exposure to the new wage floor, we employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares the evolution of employment and unemployment between regions with varying minimum wage bites. Overall, we find no statistically significant effect of the introduction of the German minimum wage on regular employment subject to social insurance, but a statistically significant negative effect on marginal employment. The reduction is not accompanied by a proportional increase in unemployment." |
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| geographic | Germany |
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| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | The German statutory minimum wage and its effects on regional employment and unemployment |
| language | English |
| physical | 29 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publisher | Bonn IZA |
| spellingShingle | Bonin, Holger Isphording, Ingo E. Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle Lichter, Andreas Pestel, Nico Rinne, Ulf minimum wage unemployment regional level labour market The German statutory minimum wage and its effects on regional employment and unemployment |
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| title | The German statutory minimum wage and its effects on regional employment and unemployment |
| topic | minimum wage unemployment regional level labour market |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19307533124911257159-The-German-statutory-minimum-w.htm |