Mindestlohn
Seit Inkrafttreten des Mindestlohngesetzes am 1. Januar 2015 gilt ein allgemeingültiger flächendeckender Mindestlohn in Deutschland. Lohnuntergrenzen gibt es in beinahe allen europäischen Staaten und den USA. Die Mindestlohn-Gesetze haben das Ziel, Lohn-Dumping, also die nicht verhältnismäßige Bezahlung von Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmern, zu verhindern.
Diese Infoplattform dokumentiert die Diskussion rund um die Einführung des flächendeckenden Mindestlohns in Deutschland und die Ergebnisse empirischer Forschung der letzten Jahre zu flächendeckenden und branchenspezifischen Mindestlöhnen.
- IAB
- Grundsätzliches zum flächendeckenden Mindestlohn
- Auswirkungen des flächendeckenden Mindestlohns auf
- Auswirkungen des flächendeckenden Mindestlohns auf Personengruppen
- Ausnahmen vom flächendeckenden Mindestlohn für
- Ausweichreaktionen auf Mindestlöhne in Deutschland
- Bundesländer
- Branchenspezifische Mindestlöhne und deren Auswirkungen auf
- Mindestlohn in anderen Ländern
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15 years of research on US employment and the minimum wage (2019)
Wolfson, Paul; Belman, Dale;Zitatform
Wolfson, Paul & Dale Belman (2019): 15 years of research on US employment and the minimum wage. In: Labour, Jg. 33, H. 4, S. 488-506. DOI:10.1111/labr.12162
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"Statistical analysis of the minimum wage and employment has been very active for the last quarter century, including more than 37 studies of US data since the December 2000 AER exchange involving Card, Krueger, Neumark and Wascher. In this meta-analysis of the 37 that report results suitable for this technique, the most important finding is a considerable shift toward the origin in the 'consensus range': from the interval [-0.3, -0.1] to [-0.13, -0.07]. The minimum wage has negative employment effects, but these have become notably smaller and are largely localized to teenagers." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Minimum wage in a Multi-Tier search and wage-posting model with cross-market substitutions (2019)
Yuen, C. Y. Kelvin; Wang, Ping;Zitatform
Yuen, C. Y. Kelvin & Ping Wang (2019): Minimum wage in a Multi-Tier search and wage-posting model with cross-market substitutions. (NBER working paper 26378), Cambrige, Mass., 57 S. DOI:10.3386/w26378
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"While minimum wage policy is widely adopted in the real world, can it effectively raise the average wage of lower paid jobs without having large detrimental consequences for employment? The empirical literature fails to establish robust findings. We develop a general-equilibrium search and wage-posting framework with heterogeneous workers and tasks matching in multi-tier labor markets: abstract, routine high-skilled, routine middle-skilled, manual middle-skilled and manual low-skilled. We incorporate rich cross-market spillovers and compositional effects from individual responses to market thickness. As a result of minimum wage hikes, we show that (i) the unemployment rate at the minimum wage binding market is higher, while all other markets enjoy a lower unemployment rate; (ii) employment in the manual low-skilled jobs is lower, whereas employment in the routine high-skilled and manual middle-skilled markets is higher due to cross-market substitutions; and, (iii) employment in other markets has ambiguous responses due to conflicting effects on potential worker entry and unemployment. By calibrating the model to fit the U.S. data, we evaluate the impacts of the federal minimum wage hike (2007-2009) and the on-going minimum wage increase in Seattle (2017-2021). We find that the minimum wage effects on employment on the binding markets depend crucially on the magnitudes of spillover and compositional effects and that the employment effects may be weak in a nonbinding market. Moreover, our results suggest that, while both minimum wage hikes reduce aggregate output, they only generate small effects on submarket average and overall average wages." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Living wages in international and European law (2019)
Zimmer, Reingard;Zitatform
Zimmer, Reingard (2019): Living wages in international and European law. In: Transfer, Jg. 25, H. 3, S. 285-299. DOI:10.1177/1024258919873831
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"In einer Reihe von Ländern weltweit existieren gesetzliche Mindestlöhne. Im Allgemeinen sind gesetzliche Mindestlöhne aber keine Living Wages, obwohl dieses Recht in unterschiedlichen Abkommen nach internationalem und europäischem Recht garantiert ist. Die Europäische Sozialcharta, zum Beispiel, schreibt einen Living Wage fest, nach dem der Rechtssprechung des Aufsichtsgremiums folgend eine angemessene Entlohnung bei 60 Prozent des durchschnittlichen Nettolohnes liegt. Nach der in diesem Beitrag vertretenen Ansicht enthält auch die EU-Grundrechtecharta ein Recht auf einen Living Wage, der bei mindestens 60 Prozent des durchschnittlichen Nettolohnes angesetzt sein sollte. Die Grundrechtecharta ist rechtlich bindend für Agenturen, Institutionen und andere Organe der EU. Mitgliedsstaaten sind nur in dem Ausmaß gebunden, wie der Anwendungsbereich des EU-Rechts eröffnet wurde. Das ist einerseits bei der Umsetzung von EU-Recht der Fall oder wenn sich Verpflichtungen aus dem Bezug zu anderen Bereichen des EU-Rechts ergeben. Durch internationales Recht festgelegte Werte sind jedoch bei der Auslegung nationaler Gesetze zu berücksichtigen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Minimum wages in 2019: Annual review (2019)
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (2019): Minimum wages in 2019: Annual review. (Eurofound research report / European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions), Dublin, 49 S. DOI:10.2806/670582
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"In most EU Member States, reviews of the statutory minimum wage rates spark a great deal of public interest. Such reviews affect the wider workforce, beyond those workers on the statutory minimum wage. Pay rates in collective agreements may be adapted in response to an increase in the minimum wage, affecting lower-paid workers more generally; social benefits may also be affected, making the impact of such revisions even more widespread. This report covers developments in statutory minimum wages in 2018 - 2019 in the EU and Norway. It looks at the level of minimum wages, how they were set and how they have developed over time in nominal and real terms. It also covers major debates in relation to setting minimum wage levels. While the report focuses on the net remuneration of those receiving the minimum wage, it also documents minimum rates from selected collective agreements in countries without statutory minimum wages as well as minimum wage coverage rates of workers by gender." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Industry dynamics and the minimum wage: A putty-clay approach (2018)
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Aaronson, Daniel, Eric French, Isaac Sorkin & Ted To (2018): Industry dynamics and the minimum wage: A putty-clay approach. In: International Economic Review, Jg. 59, H. 1, S. 51-84. DOI:10.1111/iere.12262
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"We document two new findings about the industry-level response to minimum wage hikes. First, restaurant exit and entry both rise following a hike. Second, there is no change in employment among continuing restaurants. We develop a model of industry dynamics based on putty-clay technology that is consistent with these findings. In the model, continuing restaurants cannot change employment, and thus industry-level adjustment occurs gradually through exit of labor-intensive restaurants and entry of capital-intensive restaurants. Interestingly, the putty-clay model matches the small estimated short-run disemployment effect of the minimum wage found in other studies, but produces a larger long-run disemployment effect." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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The minimum wage and search effort (2018)
Adams, Camilla; Meer, Jonathan; Sloan, CarlyWill;Zitatform
Adams, Camilla, Jonathan Meer & CarlyWill Sloan (2018): The minimum wage and search effort. (NBER working paper 25128), Cambrige, Mass., 36 S. DOI:10.3386/w25128
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"Labor market search-and-matching models posit supply-side responses to minimum wage increases that may lead to improved matches and lessen or even reverse negative employment effects. Yet there is no empirical evidence on this crucial assumption. Using event study analysis of recent minimum wage increases, we find that increases to minimum wage do not increase the likelihood of searching, but do lead to large yet very transitory spikes in search effort by individuals already looking for work. The results are not driven by changes in the composition of searchers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wages across countries (2018)
Adema, Joop; Stitteneder, Tanja; Giesing, Yvonne; Schönauer, Anne;Zitatform
Adema, Joop, Yvonne Giesing, Anne Schönauer & Tanja Stitteneder (2018): Minimum wages across countries. In: ifo DICE report, Jg. 16, H. 4, S. 55-63.
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"In the following sections, we will provide a descriptive overview of minimum wages across the world, focusing on Europe and selected other countries. We begin by elaborating on the history of (statutory) minimum wages, their prevalence, the (relative) level of minimum wages and the short-term trends in the level for the countries concerned. Secondly, we consider the numerous exceptions to minimum wages and how countries determine minimum wages. Furthermore, we discuss the extent to which the minimum wage actually affects labour markets across countries and over time. Ultimately, we will cover some of the recent debates regarding minimum wages by taking a closer look at China, South-Africa and Sweden." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Are local minimum wages absorbed by price increases?: estimates from internet-based restaurant menus (2018)
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Allegretto, Sylvia & Michael Reich (2018): Are local minimum wages absorbed by price increases? Estimates from internet-based restaurant menus. In: ILR review, Jg. 71, H. 1, S. 35-63. DOI:10.1177/0019793917713735
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"The authors analyze 884 Internet-based restaurant menus from inside and outside San Jose, California, which they collected before and after the city implemented a 25% minimum wage increase in 2013. Their findings suggest that nearly all of the cost increase was passed through to consumers, as prices rose 1.45% on average. Minimum wage price elasticities averaged 0.058 for all restaurants and ranged from 0.044 to 0.109, depending on the type of restaurant. The authors' estimate of payroll cost increases net of turnover savings is consistent with these findings. Equally important, border effects for restaurants are smaller than is often conjectured. Price differences among restaurants that are one-half mile from either side of the policy border are not competed away, indicating that restaurant demand is spatially inelastic. These results imply that citywide minimum wage policies need not result in substantive negative employment effects nor shifts of economic activity to nearby areas." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The parameters of the French minimum hourly wage (2018)
Askenazy, Phillippe;Zitatform
Askenazy, Phillippe (2018): The parameters of the French minimum hourly wage. In: ifo DICE report, Jg. 16, H. 4, S. 9-13.
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"This discussion confirms the nature of the French minimum wage: a key reference for the collective bargaining and the labour contracts of a large proportion of the workforce, and at the same time a threshold eroded by a variety of exemptions and reductions and an extended definition of 'wages'. This nature rationalises the demand of the Gilets jaunes: a 8% hike of the SMIC." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wages and the gender gap in pay: new evidence from the UK and Ireland (2018)
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Bargain, Olivier, Karina Doorley & Philippe Van Kerm (2018): Minimum wages and the gender gap in pay. New evidence from the UK and Ireland. (IZA discussion paper 11502), Bonn, 46 S.
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"Women are disproportionately in low paid work compared to men so, in the absence of rationing effects on their employment, they should benefit the most from minimum wage policies. This study examines the change in the gender wage gap around the introduction of minimum wages in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Using survey data for the two countries, we develop a decomposition of the change in the gender differences in wage distributions around the date of introduction of minimum wages. We separate out 'price' effects attributed to minimum wages from 'employment composition' effects. A significant reduction of the gender gap at low wages is observed after the introduction of the minimum wage in Ireland while there is hardly any change in the UK. Counterfactual simulations show that the difference between countries may be attributed to gender differences in non-compliance with the minimum wage legislation in the UK." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The macroeconomic consequences of raising the minimum wage: capital accumulation, employment and the wage distribution (2018)
Bauducco, Sofía; Janiak, Alexandre;Zitatform
Bauducco, Sofía & Alexandre Janiak (2018): The macroeconomic consequences of raising the minimum wage: capital accumulation, employment and the wage distribution. In: European Economic Review, Jg. 101, H. January, S. 57-76. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.09.012
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"We study the quantitative impact of a rise in the minimum wage on macroeconomic outcomes such as employment, the stock of capital and the distribution of wages. Our modeling framework is the large-firm search and matching model. Our comparative statics are in line with previous empirical findings: a moderate increase in the minimum wage barely affects employment, while it compresses the wage distribution and generates positive spillovers on higher wages. The model also predicts an increase in the stock of capital. Next, we perform the policy experiment of introducing a 10 dollar minimum wage. Our results suggest large positive effects on capital (4.0%) and output (1.8%), with a decrease in employment by 2.8%. The introduction of a 9 dollar minimum wage would instead produce similar effects on capital accumulation without harming employment." (Author's abstract, © 2017 Elsevier) ((en))
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Minimum wages and firm value (2018)
Bell, Brian; Machin, Stephen;Zitatform
Bell, Brian & Stephen Machin (2018): Minimum wages and firm value. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 36, H. 1, S. 159-195. DOI:10.1086/693870
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"How does firm value change in response to a minimum wage hike? This paper exploits the announcement of a big change in the UK minimum wage that was both totally unanticipated and free of uncertainty. The stock market response to this is examined in an event study setting. The analysis uncovers significant falls in the stock market value of low-wage firms. In light of this finding, the paper concludes by discussing magnitudes of response, including longer-term modes of firm adjustment to the cost shock induced by the minimum wage hike." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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How do firms adjust to rises in the minimum wage?: survey evidence from Central and Eastern Europe (2018)
Bodnár, Katalin; Iordache, Stefania; Pesliakaite, Jurga; Malk, Liina; Todorovic Jemec, Nata┐a; Fadejeva, Ludmila ; Paskaleva, Desislava; Wyszynski, Robert; Tóth, Peter;Zitatform
Bodnár, Katalin, Ludmila Fadejeva, Stefania Iordache, Liina Malk, Desislava Paskaleva, Jurga Pesliakaite, Nata┐a Todorovic Jemec, Peter Tóth & Robert Wyszynski (2018): How do firms adjust to rises in the minimum wage? Survey evidence from Central and Eastern Europe. (European Central Bank. Working paper series 2122), Frankfurt am Main, 50 S. DOI:10.2866/032319
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"We study the transmission channels for rises in the minimum wage using a unique firm-level dataset from eight Central and Eastern European countries. Representative samples of firms in each country were asked to evaluate the relevance of a wide range of adjustment channels following specific instances of rises in the minimum wage during the recent post-crisis period. The paper adds to the rest of literature by presenting the reactions of firms as a combination of strategies, and evaluates the relative importance of those strategies. Our findings suggest that the most popular adjustment channels are cuts in non- labour costs, rises in product prices, and improvements in productivity. Cuts in employment are less popular and occur mostly through reduced hiring rather than direct layoffs. Our study also provides evidence of potential spillover effects that rises in the minimum wage can have on firms without minimum wage workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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How do firms adjust to rises in the minimum wage?: survey evidence from Central and Eastern Europe (2018)
Bodnár, Katalin; Wyszynski, Robert; Iordache, Stefania; Malk, Liina; Fadejeva, Ludmila ; Paskaleva, Desislava; Tóth, Peter; Pesliakaite, Jurga; Todorovic Jemec, Nataša;Zitatform
Bodnár, Katalin, Ludmila Fadejeva, Stefania Iordache, Liina Malk, Desislava Paskaleva, Jurga Pesliakaite, Nataša Todorovic Jemec, Peter Tóth & Robert Wyszynski (2018): How do firms adjust to rises in the minimum wage? Survey evidence from Central and Eastern Europe. In: IZA journal of labor policy, Jg. 7, S. 1-30. DOI:10.1186/s40173-018-0104-x
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"We study the transmission channels for rises in the minimum wage using a unique firm-level dataset from eight Central and Eastern European countries. Representative samples of firms in each country were asked to evaluate the relevance of a wide range of adjustment channels following specific instances of rises in the minimum wage during the recent post-crisis period. The paper adds to the rest of literature by presenting the reactions of firms as a combination of strategies and evaluates the relative importance of those strategies. Our findings suggest that the most popular adjustment channels are cuts in non-labour costs, rises in product prices, and improvements in productivity. Cuts in employment are less popular and occur mostly through reduced hiring rather than direct layoffs. Our study also provides evidence of potential spillover effects that rises in the minimum wage can have on firms without minimum wage workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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An evaluation of the relationship between minimum wage and unemployment: does the local cost-of-living matter? (2018)
Brunt, Christopher S.; Barilla, Anthony G.;Zitatform
Brunt, Christopher S. & Anthony G. Barilla (2018): An evaluation of the relationship between minimum wage and unemployment. Does the local cost-of-living matter? In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 25, H. 7, S. 493-498. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2017.1340562
Abstract
"This article examines the relationship between federal, state and municipal minimum wage laws, local cost-of-living (COL) and the unemployment rate. It finds a strong statistically significant positive relationship between minimum wages and unemployment once COL is taken into account. Our results suggest that federal minimum wage policy is likely to have more harmful effects in rural/low cost areas." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Is there an impact of labor market freedom on the elderly female labor force participation rate in the U.S.?: An exploratory study (2018)
Cebula, Richard J.; Alexander, Gigi M.;Zitatform
Cebula, Richard J. & Gigi M. Alexander (2018): Is there an impact of labor market freedom on the elderly female labor force participation rate in the U.S.? An exploratory study. In: Economics Bulletin, Jg. 38, H. 1, S. 30-40.
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"This exploratory empirical study investigates the hypothesis that greater labor market freedom should elevate the female labor force participation rate of women age 65 years and older. Strong and consistent empirical support for this hypothesis is provided in this study. For example, a one unit increase in the labor market freedom index appears to induce a 5.3%-6.88% increase in the female labor force participation rate of women age 65 years and older." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The effect of minimum wages on low-wage jobs: evidence from the United States using a bunching estimator (2018)
Cengiz, Doruk; Dube, Arindrajit; Lindner, Attila; Zipperer, Ben;Zitatform
Cengiz, Doruk, Arindrajit Dube, Attila Lindner & Ben Zipperer (2018): The effect of minimum wages on low-wage jobs. Evidence from the United States using a bunching estimator. (CEP discussion paper 1531), London, 104 S.
Abstract
"We propose a novel method that infers the employment effect of a minimum wage increase by comparing the number of excess jobs paying at or slightly above the new minimum wage to the missing jobs paying below it. Using state-level variation in U.S. minimum wages, we implement our method by providing new estimates on the effect of the minimum wage on the frequency distribution of hourly wages. First, we present a case study of a large, indexed minimum wage increase using administrative data on hourly wages from Washington State. Then we implement an event study analysis pooling 138 minimum wage increases between 1979 and 2016. In both cases, we find that the overall number of low-wage jobs remained essentially unchanged. At the same time, the direct effect of the minimum wage on average earnings was amplified by modest wage spillovers at the bottom of the wage distribution. Our estimates by detailed demographic groups show that the lack of job loss is not explained by labor-labor substitution at the bottom of the wage distribution. We also find no evidence of disemployment when we consider higher levels of minimum wages. However, we do find some evidence of reduced employment in tradable sectors. In contrast to our bunching-based estimates, we show that conventional studies can produce misleading inference due to spurious changes in employment higher up in the wage distribution." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Revisiting the employment effects of minimum wages in Europe (2018)
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Christl, Michael, Monika Köppl-Turyna & Dénes Kucsera (2018): Revisiting the employment effects of minimum wages in Europe. In: German economic review, Jg. 19, H. 4, S. 426-465. DOI:10.1111/geer.12135
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"The aim of this study is to estimate the relationship between the minimum wage and the employment rate of young individuals, taking into account potential nonlinearity. In a cross-country setup of European countries, we find a significant nonlinear relationship between the minimum wages and employment rate of young individuals. Theoretically, while low minimum wages can indeed be positively associated with employment, after a certain level of the minimum wage, the relationship turns negative. This implies that there is an optimal level of minimum wages that maximizes the employment rate of young individuals. We additionally show that the negative relationship between minimum wages and employment of young workers is stronger if labor markets are otherwise strictly regulated and when workers are relatively unproductive. Using these results, we are able to calculate country-specific turning points and show that some European countries in our sample might in fact contribute to high unemployment rates among young individuals by setting minimum wages too high. However, in other European countries, especially the Eastern European countries, an increase in minimum wages (up to a certain level) might even lead to higher employment rates of young individuals." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Employment effects of minimum wages (2018)
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Christl, Michael, Monika Köppl-Turyna & Dénes Kucsera (2018): Employment effects of minimum wages. In: ifo DICE report, Jg. 16, H. 4, S. 3-8.
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"The aim of this contribution is to summarise the findings of our research. What makes our research different from that of others is that we try to take supply- side effects of minimum wages into account. In other words, we estimate whether the theoretically predicted non-linear effects of minimum wages exist. Empirical papers have assumed linear employment effects of minimum wages in a cross-country set-up. A non-linear relationship could be an explanation not only for insignificant, but also for heterogeneous results from previous studies on the employment effects of minimum wages." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)
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Minimum wage analysis using a pre-committed research design: evidence through 2016 (2018)
Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R.;Zitatform
Clemens, Jeffrey & Michael R. Strain (2018): Minimum wage analysis using a pre-committed research design. Evidence through 2016. (IZA discussion paper 11427), Bonn, 41 S.
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"This paper presents results from the first year of a multi-year, pre-committed research design for analyzing recent state-level minimum wage changes. Through 2015 and 2016, we estimate that relatively large statutory minimum wage increases have reduced employment among low-skilled population groups by just under 1.5 percentage points. Our estimates of the effects of smaller minimum wage increases are more variable and include both moderately large positive values and modest negative values. Our estimates of the effects of increases linked to inflation-indexing provisions are also quite variable, taking a small positive value on average across specifications. Results including 2016 diverge nontrivially when we compare estimates using the American Community Survey (ACS) to estimates using the Current Population Survey (CPS), with estimates tending to be more negative in the ACS. Analysis of future data will be needed to determine whether this difference across surveys is most appropriately attributed to sampling variations or to some other cause." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The minimum wage, fringe benefits, and worker welfare (2018)
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Clemens, Jeffrey, Lisa B. Kahn & Jonathan Meer (2018): The minimum wage, fringe benefits, and worker welfare. (NBER working paper 24635), Cambrige, Mass., 66 S. DOI:10.3386/w24635
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"This paper explores the relationship between the minimum wage, the structure of employee compensation, and worker welfare. We advance a conceptual framework that describes the conditions under which a minimum wage increase will alter the provision of fringe benefits, alter employment outcomes, and either increase or decrease worker welfare. Using American Community Survey data from 2011-2016, we find robust evidence that state-level minimum wage changes decreased the likelihood that individuals report having employer-sponsored health insurance. Effects are largest among workers in very low-paying occupations, for whom coverage declines offset 9 percent of the wage gains associated with minimum wage hikes. We find evidence that both insurance coverage and wage effects exhibit spillovers into occupations moderately higher up the wage distribution. For these groups, reductions in coverage offset a more substantial share of the wage gains we estimate." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Effects of minimum wages on absence from work due to illness (2018)
Du, Juan; Leigh, J. Paul;Zitatform
Du, Juan & J. Paul Leigh (2018): Effects of minimum wages on absence from work due to illness. In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Jg. 18, H. 1, S. 1-23. DOI:10.1515/bejeap-2017-0097
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"Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics for 1997 - 2013 and difference-in-differences (DD) and difference-in-difference-in-differences (DDD) techniques, we estimate the effects of minimum wages on absence from work due to own and others' (such as children's) illnesses. We use person fixed effects within both linear and two-part models, the latter to explore changes at extensive and intensive margins. A lower educated group (likely affected by minimum wages) is compared with higher educated groups (likely unaffected). Within the lower educated group, we find higher minimum wages are associated with lower rates of absence due to own and others' illness combined and due to own illness alone, but not associated with absence due to others' illness. A $1 increase in the real minimum wage results in 19 % (in DD model) and 32 % (DDD) decreases in the absence rate due to own illness evaluated at the mean. These findings are strongest for persons who are not employed year-round and among the lowest wage earners. In additional analysis, we show that these effects are likely not due to changes in labor supply or job-related attributes. Instead, we find a possible mechanism: higher minimum wages improve self-reported health for lower educated workers." (Author's abstract, 䗏 De Gruyter) ((en))
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Minimum wages and the labor market effects of immigration (2018)
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Edo, Anthony & Hillel Rapoport (2018): Minimum wages and the labor market effects of immigration. (IZA discussion paper 11778), Bonn, 66 S.
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"This paper exploits the non-linearity in the level of minimum wages across U.S. States created by the coexistence of federal and state regulations to investigate the labor market effects of immigration. We find that the impact of immigration on the wages and employment of native workers within a given state-skill cell is more negative in States with low minimum wages and for workers with low education and experience. That is, the minimum wage tends to protect native workers from competition induced by low-skill immigration. The results are robust to instrumenting immigration and state effective minimum wages, and to implementing a difference-in-differences approach comparing States where effective minimum wages are fully determined by the federal minimum wage to States where this is never the case." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Where does the minimum wage bite hardest in California? (2018)
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Even, William E. & David A. Macpherson (2018): Where does the minimum wage bite hardest in California? (IZA discussion paper 12000), Bonn, 37 S.
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"This study uses employment data on California county-industry pairs (CIPs) between 1990 and 2016 to test whether minimum wage increases caused employment growth to slow most in the CIPS with a large share of low wage workers. Evidence supports the hypothesis, and we use the estimates to simulate the effect of a 10 percent increase in the minimum wage. The simulations suggest that a 10 percent increase could cause a 3.4 percent employment loss in the average CIP in California. The job loss is projected to be concentrated in two industries: accommodation and food services, and retail. While the most populated counties of California are expected to incur the largest employment loss in terms of the number of workers, the smaller counties generally experience a larger percentage point loss in employment due to the lower wages and the greater number of workers that would be affected by the minimum wage hike. Moreover, there is substantial variation across counties in terms of the percentage of jobs lost within a given industry." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wages and the wage distribution in Estonia (2018)
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Ferraro, Simon, Jaanika Meriküll & Karsten Staehr (2018): Minimum wages and the wage distribution in Estonia. In: Applied Economics, Jg. 50, H. 49, S. 5253-5268. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2018.1486017
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"This article studies how changes in the statutory minimum wage have affected the wage distribution in Estonia, a post-transition country with little collective bargaining and relatively large wage inequality. The analyses show that the minimum wage has had substantial spillover effects on wages in the lower tail of the distribution; the effects are most pronounced up to the twentieth percentile and then decline markedly. The minimum wage has contributed to lower wage inequality and this has particularly benefitted low-wage segments of the labour market such as women and the elderly. Interestingly, the importance of the minimum wage for the wage distribution was smaller during the global financial crisis than before or after the crisis." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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UK national minimum wage and labor market outcomes of young workers (2018)
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, J. D.;Zitatform
Fidrmuc, Jan & J. D. Tena (2018): UK national minimum wage and labor market outcomes of young workers. In: Economics. The open-access, open-assessment e-journal, Jg. 12, S. 1-28. DOI:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2018-5
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"The UK national minimum wage (NMW) is age-specific with the most important threshold at the age of 22 (lowered to 21 from 2010 onwards) when workers become eligible for the adult rate. The authors estimate the impact of this threshold on employment by means of a regression discontinuity analysis. Because this threshold is known in advance, they investigate the presence of discontinuities in both the level and the slope of employment probabilities at different ages around the threshold. Their results indicate that turning 22 does not significantly change the employment probability. However, they find a significant change in the slope of the probability of being employed around one year before, suggesting a smooth deterioration of employment probability before turning 22 rather than a sudden change at a particular age. This finding is confirmed by a difference-in-difference analysis. However, no such effect can be found during the period preceding the introduction of the NMW." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage and young workers: UK evidence (2018)
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, Juan D.;Zitatform
Fidrmuc, Jan & Juan D. Tena (2018): Minimum wage and young workers: UK evidence. In: ifo DICE report, Jg. 16, H. 4, S. 19-22.
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"In our research, we consider UK young workers aged between 18 and the age that makes them eligible for the adult rate of the national minimum wage. Such workers are considered adults in the UK: they can drive (if they have a driver's license), handle and sell age-restricted goods such as tobacco and alcohol, and work late or long hours. As such, they can be considered substitutes for slightly older workers, except that the latter may be slightly more experienced. Therefore, individuals just below and just above the age threshold should, arguably, be essentially perfect substitutes in terms of their productivity and experience - yet they are subject to different minimum-wage rates." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Statutory minimum wages in the EU 2018: First findings (2018)
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Fric, Karel (2018): Statutory minimum wages in the EU 2018. First findings. Dublin, 11 S.
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"In 2018, 22 out of the 28 EU Member States apply a generally binding statutory minimum wage. In Cyprus, a statutory minimum wage exists but is limited to specific occupations. In the remaining five EU Member States (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy and Sweden), while there is no statutory minimum wage, the minimum wage level is de facto set in (sectoral) collective agreements. It is important to note that the coverage of these agreements varies between countries and, as some employees are not covered, they may not be entitled to any minimum wage. According to an article by Garnero et al (2015), the combination of sectoral minima and high collective bargaining coverage can be regarded as the functional equivalent of a binding statutory minimum wage, at least for earnings inequalities. The focus of this article is on those countries having a generally applicable statutory minimum wage. There is a huge variation in the statutory minimum wage rates valid at 1 January 2018 across EU Member States." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The dog that barks doesn't bite: coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy (2018)
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Garnero, Andrea (2018): The dog that barks doesn't bite. Coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy. In: IZA journal of labor policy, Jg. 7, S. 1-24. DOI:10.1186/s40173-018-0096-6
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"This paper provides a comprehensive portrait of the level and compliance with sectoral minimum wages in Italy between 2008 and 2015. The results show that wage floors in Italy are relatively high both in absolute terms and relative to the median wage. However, non-compliance rates are not negligible: on average, around 10% of workers are paid 20% less than the minimum wage established in their reference collective agreement. Non-compliance is particularly high in the South and in micro and small firms, and it affects especially women and temporary workers. Overall, wages in the bottom of the distribution appear to be largely unaffected by minimum wage increases. More effective enforcement practices are therefore needed to safeguard a level playing field for firms and ensure that minimum wage increases are effectively reflected in pay increases for workers at the bottom of the distribution." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Search intensity, wage dispersion and the minimum wage (2018)
Gautier, Pieter A.; Moraga-González, José L.;Zitatform
Gautier, Pieter A. & José L. Moraga-González (2018): Search intensity, wage dispersion and the minimum wage. In: Labour economics, Jg. 50, H. March, S. 80-86. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2017.04.003
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"We study a labor market where employers post wages and workers simultaneously choose the number of applications they send out. Firms offer the job to a worker at random; workers with multiple offers pick the best one. If the application costs are sufficiently low, workers contact multiple firms and there is wage dispersion in equilibrium. The number of applications workers send out is excessive from a welfare perspective due to a rent seeking externality. A mandatory minimum wage increases the mean and reduces the variance of the wage distribution. The net effect on welfare is ambiguous." (Author's abstract, © 2017 Elsevier) ((en))
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Does increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty in developing countries?: whether raising minimum wages reduces - or increases - poverty depends on the characteristics of the labor market (2018)
Gindling, T. H.;Zitatform
Gindling, T. H. (2018): Does increasing the minimum wage reduce poverty in developing countries? Whether raising minimum wages reduces - or increases - poverty depends on the characteristics of the labor market. (IZA world of labor 30), Bonn, 10 S. DOI:10.15185/izawol.30.v2
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"Ein höherer Mindestlohn trägt in den meisten Entwicklungsländern zum Abbau der Armut bei. Die Effekte sind jedoch gering, weil der gesetzliche Mindestlohn nur für eine Minderheit von Geringverdienern gilt und den großen informellen Sektor nicht mit abdeckt. Unter den in Armut lebenden Haushalten bringt der Mindestlohn - je nach Beschäftigungseffekten, Lohnverteilung und Haushaltsstruktur - sowohl Gewinner als auch Verlierer hervor. Daher können Mindestlohnerhöhungen zwar andere Maßnahmen zur Armutsbekämpfung durchaus sinnvoll ergänzen, sollten aber nicht als Allheilmittel betrachtet werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Changing the structure of minimum wages: Firm adjustment and wage spillovers (2018)
Giupponi, Giulia; Machin, Stephen;Zitatform
Giupponi, Giulia & Stephen Machin (2018): Changing the structure of minimum wages. Firm adjustment and wage spillovers. (CEP discussion paper 1533), London, 76 S.
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"This paper analyses the economic impact of a significant change to the structure of a minimum wage setting policy. The context is the United Kingdom where government mandated an unexpected change in the structure of minimum wages and their setting in 2016 by introducing a new minimum wage - the National Living Wage (NLW) - for workers aged 25 and over. The new NLW rate was significantly higher than the minimum wage for those under age 25. The analysis studies the consequences of this change in a sector containing many low wage workers, the care homes industry. The new minimum wage structure and associated higher minimum wage for those aged 25 and above significantly affected wages, but at the same time with little evidence of adverse employment effects, nor firm closure. Rather the margin of adjustment used to offset the sizable wage cost shock was a significant deterioration of the quality of care services. There is also strong evidence of wage spillovers as younger workers wages rose in tandem with the higher adult minimum wage, but with no impact on their employment. Based on further empirical tests, employer preference for fairness seems to offer the most plausible explanation for these results." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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How will higher minimum wages affect family life and children's well-being? (2018)
Hill, Heather D.; Romich, Jennifer;Zitatform
Hill, Heather D. & Jennifer Romich (2018): How will higher minimum wages affect family life and children's well-being? In: Child development perspectives, Jg. 12, H. 2, S. 109-114. DOI:10.1111/cdep.12270
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"In recent years, new national and regional minimum wage laws have been passed in the United States and other countries. The laws assume that benefits flow not only to workers but also to their children. Adolescent workers will most likely be affected directly given their concentration in low-paying jobs, but younger children may be affected indirectly by changes in parents' work conditions, family income, and the quality of nonparental child care. Research on minimum wages suggests modest and mixed economic effects: Decreases in employment can offset, partly or fully, wage increases, and modest reductions in poverty rates may fade over time. Few studies have examined the effects of minimum wage increases on the well-being of families, adults, and children. In this article, we use theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence concerning the effects on children of parental work and family income to suggest hypotheses about the effects of minimum wage increases on family life and children's well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage increases and individual employment trajectories (2018)
Jardim, Ekaterina; Wething, Hilary; Inwegen, Emma van; Vigdor, Jacob; Long, Mark C. ; Plotnick, Robert;Zitatform
Jardim, Ekaterina, Mark C. Long, Robert Plotnick, Emma van Inwegen, Jacob Vigdor & Hilary Wething (2018): Minimum wage increases and individual employment trajectories. (NBER working paper 25182), Cambrige, Mass., 47 S. DOI:10.3386/w25182
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"Using administrative employment data from the state of Washington, we use short-duration longitudinal panels to study the impact of Seattle's minimum wage ordinance on individuals employed in low-wage jobs immediately before a wage increase. We draw counterfactual observations using nearest-neighbor matching and derive effect estimates by comparing the 'treated' cohort to a placebo cohort drawn from earlier data. We attribute significant hourly wage increases and hours reductions to the policy. On net, the minimum wage increase from $9.47 to as much as $13 per hour raised earnings by an average of $8-$12 per week. The entirety of these gains accrued to workers with above-median experience at baseline; less-experienced workers saw no significant change to weekly pay. Approximately one-quarter of the earnings gains can be attributed to experienced workers making up for lost hours in Seattle with work outside the city limits. We associate the minimum wage ordinance with an 8% reduction in job turnover rates as well as a significant reduction in the rate of new entries into the workforce." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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People versus machines: the impact of minimum wages on automatable jobs (2018)
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Lordan, Grace & David Neumark (2018): People versus machines: the impact of minimum wages on automatable jobs. In: Labour economics, Jg. 52, H. June, S. 40-53. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2018.03.006
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"We study the effect of minimum wage increases on employment in automatable jobs - jobs in which employers may find it easier to substitute machines for people - focusing on low-skilled workers for whom such substitution may be spurred by minimum wage increases. Based on CPS data from 1980 to 2015, we find that increasing the minimum wage decreases significantly the share of automatable employment held by low-skilled workers, and increases the likelihood that low-skilled workers in automatable jobs become nonemployed or employed in worse jobs. The average effects mask significant heterogeneity by industry and demographic group, including substantive adverse effects for older, low-skilled workers in manufacturing. We also find some evidence that the same changes improve job opportunities for higher-skilled workers. The findings imply that groups often ignored in the minimum wage literature are in fact quite vulnerable to employment changes and job loss because of automation following a minimum wage increase." (Author's abstract, © 2018 Elsevier) ((en))
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WSI-Mindestlohnbericht 2018: Preisentwicklung dämpft reale Lohnzuwächse (2018)
Lübker, Malte; Schulten, Thorsten;Zitatform
Lübker, Malte & Thorsten Schulten (2018): WSI-Mindestlohnbericht 2018. Preisentwicklung dämpft reale Lohnzuwächse. (WSI-Report 39), Düsseldorf, 13 S.
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"Die Forderung nach einem existenzsichernden Lohn für alle ist in den letzten Monaten in Deutschland und Europa wieder verstärkt ins Zentrum des öffentlichen Interesses gerückt. So enthält die europäische Säule sozialer Rechte ein Bekenntnis zu angemessenen Mindestlöhnen. Frankreichs Präsident Macron hat die wichtige Rolle von Mindestlöhnen für das europäische Sozialmodell herausgestrichen, und in Deutschland bekennen sich CDU, CSU und SPD in ihrem Koalitionsvertrag zu einem europäischen Rahmen für Mindestlohnregelungen. Der WSI-Mindestlohnbericht trägt zu dieser Debatte mit einer umfassenden Analyse der aktuellen Entwicklungen der Mindestlöhne in Europa und darüber hinaus bei. Er konstatiert insbesondere für Deutschland Potential für eine stärkere Anhebung des Mindestlohns auf ein existenzsicherndes Niveau, das sich auch aus einem im europäischen Vergleich relativ niedrigen Mindestlohnwert ergibt." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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The truth about the minimum wage - neither job killer nor cure-all (2018)
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Manning, Alan (2018): The truth about the minimum wage - neither job killer nor cure-all. In: Foreign affairs, Jg. 97, H. 1, S. 126-134.
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"It has been more than eight years since mang of the United States' cashiers, dishwashers, janitors, lifeguards, baggage handlers, baristas, manicurists, retail employees, housekeepers, construc- tion laborers, home health aides, security guards, and other minimumwage workers last got a raise. The federal minimum wage now stands at just $7.25. In real terms, these workers' earnings have declined by nearly 13 percent since the last pike, in 2009 - and have fallen by over one-third since 1968, when the real federal minimum wage was at its peak of $11.38 in today's money (although only $1.60 then). Although most Americans think the minimum wage should go up - one 2017 poll found that 75 percent supported raising it to $9.00 per hour - today's Republican-controlled Congress is unlikely to act. But the lack of Progress on Capitol HUI should not give one the impression that little is happening with regard to the minimum wage. In fact, never has there been so rauch action - it's just that it is happening at the state and, increasingly, City levels. The 'Fight for 15' has become a rallying call on the left and has resulted in some notüble successes. Twenty-nine U.S. states plus the. District of Columbia now have minimum wages that exceed the federal minimum, as do about 40 municipalities. Proponents of the minimum wage Claim that a high minimum wage is the best way to ensure an acceptable standard of living for all Americans, whereas opponents counter that lt is likely to destroy Jobs. In the debate between these two camps, feelings often run high. But behind the emotion, economics, both theoretical and empirical, can help one make sense of the issues at stake. The bottom ine is that there is not muck evidente that the minimum wage is currently a job killer in the United States, and so there is room for it to go up. Raising the minimum wage, however, is not a particularly effective tool to combat poverty and share the benefits of growth." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Youth minimum wages and youth employment (2018)
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Marimpi, Maria & Pierre Koning (2018): Youth minimum wages and youth employment. In: IZA journal of labor policy, Jg. 7, S. 1-18. DOI:10.1186/s40173-018-0098-4
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"This paper performs a cross-country level analysis on the impact of the level of specific youth minimum wages on the labor market performance of young individuals. We use information on the use and level of youth minimum wages, as compared to the level of adult minimum wages as well as to the median wage (i.e., the Kaitz index). We complement these data with variables on the employment, labor force participation, and unemployment rates of 5-year age interval categories - all derived from the official OECD database. We distinguish between countries without minimum wages, countries with uniform minimum wages for all age groups, and countries with separate youth and adult minimum wages. Our results indicate that the relative employment rates of young individuals below the age of 25 - as compared to the older workers - in countries with youth minimum wages are close to those in countries without minimum wages at all. Turning to the smaller sample of countries with minimum wages, increases in the level of (youth) minimum wages exert a substantial negative impact on the employment rate for young individuals." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Estimating the effect of an increase in the minimum wage on hours worked and employment in Ireland (2018)
McGuiness, Séamus; Redmond, Paul;Zitatform
McGuiness, Séamus & Paul Redmond (2018): Estimating the effect of an increase in the minimum wage on hours worked and employment in Ireland. (IZA discussion paper 11632), Bonn, 23 S.
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"On the 1st of January 2016 the Irish National Minimum Wage increased from EURO 8.65 to EURO 9.15 per hour, an increase of approximately six percent. We use a difference-in-differences estimator to evaluate whether the change in the minimum wage affected the hours worked and likelihood of job loss of minimum wage workers. The results indicate that the increase in the minimum wage had a negative and statistically significant effect on the hours worked of minimum wage workers, with an average reduction of approximately 0.5 hours per week. The effect on minimum wage workers on temporary contracts was higher at 3 hours per week. We found a corresponding increase in part-time employment of 2 percentage points for all minimum wage workers and 10 percentage points for those on temporary contracts. We find no clear evidence that the increase in the minimum wage led to an in-creased probability of becoming unemployed or inactive in the six-month period following the rate change." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The econometrics and economics of the employment effects of minimum wages: getting from known unknowns to known knowns (2018)
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Neumark, David (2018): The econometrics and economics of the employment effects of minimum wages. Getting from known unknowns to known knowns. (NBER working paper 25043), Cambrige, Mass., 42 S. DOI:10.3386/w25043
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"I discuss the econometrics and the economics of past research on the effects of minimum wages on employment in the United States. My intent is to try to identify key questions raised in the recent literature, and some from the earlier literature, that I think hold the most promise for understanding the conflicting evidence and arriving at a more definitive answer about the employment effects of minimum wages. My secondary goal is to discuss how we can narrow the range of uncertainty about the likely effects of the large minimum wage increases becoming more prevalent in the United States. I discuss some insights from both theory and past evidence that may be informative about the effects of high minimum wages, although one might argue that we first need to do more to settle the question of the effects of past, smaller increases on which we have more evidence (hence my first goal). But I also try to emphasize what research can be done now and in the near future to provide useful evidence to policymakers on the results of the coming high minimum wage experiment, whether in the United States or in other countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Longer-run effects of anti-poverty policies on disadvantaged neighborhoods (2018)
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Neumark, David, Brian J. Asquith & Brittany Bass (2018): Longer-run effects of anti-poverty policies on disadvantaged neighborhoods. (NBER working paper 25231), Cambrige, Mass., 50 S. DOI:10.3386/w25231
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"We estimate the longer-run effects of minimum wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and welfare on key economic indicators of economic self-sufficiency in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Our strongest findings are twofold. First, the longer-run effects of the EITC are to increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance, as long as we rely on national as well as state variation in EITC policy. Second, tighter welfare time limits also reduce poverty and public assistance in the longer run; while the effect on public assistance result may be mechanically related to loss of benefits, the effect on poverty is more likely behavioral. It is harder to draw firm conclusions about minimum wages and welfare benefits. With some specifications and samples, the evidence suggests that higher minimum wages lead to longer-run declines in poverty and the share of families on public assistance, whereas higher welfare benefits have adverse longer-run effects. However, the evidence on minimum wages and welfare benefits is not robust - and the estimated effects of minimum wages are sometimes in the opposite direction, including when we restrict the analysis to more recent data that is likely of more interest to policymakers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Employment effects of minimum wages: when minimum wages are introduced or raised, are there fewer jobs? (2018)
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Neumark, David (2018): Employment effects of minimum wages. When minimum wages are introduced or raised, are there fewer jobs? (IZA world of labor 6), Bonn, 10 S. DOI:10.15185/izawol.6.v2
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"Das Hauptziel der Mindestlohnpolitik, Existenzsicherung durch Arbeit zu garantieren, wird durch unerwünschte Nebeneffekte untergraben. Umfangreiche empirische Erkenntnisse sprechen dafür, dass höhere Mindestlöhne zu Ausweichreaktionen in Form von Stellenabbau führen. Auch die gewünschten Verteilungseffekte bleiben in der Regel aus, obwohl einige Arbeitsmarktgruppen vom Mindestlohn durchaus profitieren. Zur gezielten Unterstützung einkommensschwacher Familien sind andere Instrumente besser geeignet, beispielsweise eine negative Einkommenssteuer." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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The minimum wage in the Netherlands (2018)
Ours, Jan van;Zitatform
Ours, Jan van (2018): The minimum wage in the Netherlands. In: ifo DICE report, Jg. 16, H. 4, S. 31-36.
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"The Netherlands has a national, government legislated minimum wage, which is usually adjusted twice a year, on 1 January and 1 July. Depending on the payment period of the firm or the industry, the minimum wage is defined on a monthly, weekly or daily basis. In 2017, 47% of the employees had a 36-hour working week, 9% had a 37-hour working week, 31% had a 38-hour working week and 13% had a 40-hour working week. Because of the specification of the minimum wage, the hourly rate varies substantially between workers depending on their usual working hours. As of 1 July 2018, the gross minimum wage for full-time workers aged 22 and older is 367.90 euros per week. For workers with a 36-hour working week, this implies an hourly minimum wage of 10.22 euros, while for workers with a 40-hour working week it is 9.19 euros per hour, a difference of 1 euro per hour. Like many European countries with a minimum wage, the Netherlands has a separate minimum wage for young workers, in the Dutch case this applies to workers who are 15 to 21 years old. Youth minimum wages are defined as a percentage of the adult minimum wage. For 15-year-olds, this wage is currently 30%, which implies that the hourly minimum wage for a 15-year-old worker in an industry with a usual working week of 40 hours is 2.76 euros." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Education and the minimum wage in the United States (2018)
Pargianas, Christos;Zitatform
Pargianas, Christos (2018): Education and the minimum wage in the United States. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 25, H. 7, S. 447-450. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2017.1332738
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"This article shows that, across the US states, the level of education has a causal effect on the minimum wage. More specifically, it argues that a one-percentage point increase in the proportion of college graduates implies a 0.4 - 0.5% decrease in the real value of the minimum wage. This is the first article that uses System GMM in order to examine the effect of education on the minimum wage. Given the structure of the available data, this is the most appropriate econometric technique. System GMM not only controls for endogeneity and for fixed effects but also maximizes the precision of the estimates by using all the available variation in the data." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Assessing the impact of the minimum wage in Ireland (2018)
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Redmond, Paul & Seamus McGuinness (2018): Assessing the impact of the minimum wage in Ireland. In: ifo DICE report, Jg. 16, H. 4, S. 23-26.
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"This paper provides an overview of the minimum wage in Ireland. Due to the impact of the great recession, the minimum wage remained unchanged in Ireland between 2007 and 2015, before being reactivated as a policy tool in 2016 following the establishment of the Irish Low Pay Commission." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Coupling a federal minimum wage hike with public investments to make work pay and reduce poverty (2018)
Romich, Jennifer; Hill, Heather D.;Zitatform
Romich, Jennifer & Heather D. Hill (2018): Coupling a federal minimum wage hike with public investments to make work pay and reduce poverty. In: RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Jg. 4, H. 3, S. 22-43. DOI:10.7758/rsf.2018.4.3.02
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"For more than a century, advocates have promoted minimum wage laws to protect workers and their families from poverty. Opponents counter that the policy has, at best, small poverty-reducing effects. We summarize the evidence and describe three factors that might dampen the policy's effects on poverty: imperfect targeting, heterogeneous labor market effects, and interactions with income support programs. To boost the poverty-reducing effects of the minimum wage, we propose increasing the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour and temporarily expanding an existing employer tax credit. This is a cost-saving proposal because it relies on regulation and creates no new administrative functions. We recommend using those savings to 'make work pay' and improve upward mobility for low-income workers through lower marginal tax rates." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Do minimum wages lead to job losses? Evidence from OECD countries on low-skilled and youth employment (2018)
Sturn, Simon;Zitatform
Sturn, Simon (2018): Do minimum wages lead to job losses? Evidence from OECD countries on low-skilled and youth employment. In: ILR review, Jg. 71, H. 3, S. 647-675. DOI:10.1177/0019793917741259
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"The author investigates effects of minimum wage rates on low-skilled, female low-skilled, and youth employment. The sample consists of 19 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries from 1997 to 2013 for low-skilled workers and from 1983 to 2013 for young workers. Six different static or dynamic estimation approaches are applied on different versions of the specifications, controlling for up to quadratic time trends. The author further investigates the effects over the long run and over the business cycle as well as the effects of high minimum wages and of institutional complementarities. The findings provide little evidence of substantial disemployment effects for low-skilled, female low-skilled, or young workers. The estimated employment elasticities are small and statistically indistinguishable from zero. The author then considers why his results on youth employment differ from those of Neumark and Wascher (2004), showing that they overstate precision and that small changes in their specifications lead to minimum wage effects close to zero." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Posted workers regulations as a cohesion test in the enlarged European Union: Divergent interests of trade unions, employers' organisations and governments (2018)
Surdykowska, Barbara; Owczarek, Dominik;Zitatform
Surdykowska, Barbara & Dominik Owczarek (2018): Posted workers regulations as a cohesion test in the enlarged European Union. Divergent interests of trade unions, employers' organisations and governments. Bratislava, 62 S.
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"The cross-border posting of workers - which operates in accordance with the freedom to provide services in the European Union - is both a controversial and topical issue. It touches upon a question on the shape of the 'Social Europe' model, which defines the relationship between economic freedoms of the EU internal and social policy, including the protection of workers' rights.
The map of potential conflicts in the debate on posted workers is intrinsically complex. We are dealing with the convolution of interests of various groups and entities: companies in hosting countries that compete with companies from sending countries, posted workers earning in other Member States versus workers in a host country who may be afraid that the long-term employment of posted workers will lead to a lowering of their labour standards (social dumping) or even to loss of their jobs. On the top of that, there are national governments trying to define the public interest, and EU-level institutions who look at the issue from a somewhat different angle. To confuse the whole picture even more, there are also some fraudulent practices like 'letter-box' companies who post workers in situations where a company does not carry out actual activity in a given country, the bogus self-employment of posted workers, and the evasion of remuneration and social security contributions (including retirement, disability or health insurance). Last but not least - there is also an issue of third country nationals like Ukrainians, Serbians, etc. who migrate to one of the EU countries on the basis of simplified procedures and then are posted to other - usually Western European countries.
The report sheds some light on the debate on posted workers - especially from the perspective of Central-Eastern European countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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An evaluation of the living wage: identifying pathways out of in-work poverty (2018)
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Swaffield, Jo, Carolyn Snell, Becky Tunstall & Jonathan Bradshaw (2018): An evaluation of the living wage. Identifying pathways out of in-work poverty. In: Social policy and society, Jg. 17, H. 3, S. 379-392. DOI:10.1017/S1474746417000136
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"This article reports the results of a case study on the introduction of the living wage. Three employers in the City of York became living wage employers. Using data derived from a sample survey of their employees and qualitative interviews, this article explores what impact the receipt of the living wage had on poverty and deprivation. It found that not all living wage employees were income poor or deprived, although those on living wage rates were more likely to be poor and deprived than those on even higher wages. The more important determinant of the employees' living standards was the household they lived in, and there were a high proportion of living wage employees living in multi-unit households. Also important were the number of earners in the household and the hours worked by the living wage employee. Lone parent families and single people appeared to be most vulnerable to poverty and deprivation. In addition, whether the employee took up their entitlement to in-work benefits was critical and, using benefit checks by welfare rights experts, it was found that some were not." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The effects of the minimum wage on employment: Evidence from a panel of EU Member States (2018)
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Europäische Kommission. Generaldirektion Beschäftigung, Soziales und Integration (2018): The effects of the minimum wage on employment. Evidence from a panel of EU Member States. (Analytical web note 2018,01), Brüssel, 14 S. DOI:10.2767/816632
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"This note estimates the employment effects of statutory minimum wages for a panel of EU member states. Statistically significant negative effects of the minimum wage are found for young adults (ages 20-24), with estimated elasticities of about - 0.15 to - 0.2 in the preferred specifications. This means that a 10% increase in the minimum wage is associated with a 1.5% to 2% decrease in the employment rate of young adults, an estimate that is consistent with the range found in the previous literature. At the same time, results are unstable for the broader youth age group (ages 15-24). Further, statistically significant negative effects are found for low-skilled workers that are similar in magnitude to the effects for young adults. The effect of the minimum wage on the overall employment rate (ages 15-64) is estimated to be negative, but it is relatively small in magnitude and statistically not significant. Finally, the note documents that results are sensitive to the specification, in particular to whether controls of country-specific time trends are included." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Reducing poverty and inequality through tax-benefit reform and the minimum wage: the UK as a case-study (2017)
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Atkinson, Anthony B., Chrysa Leventi, Brian Nolan, Holly Sutherland & Iva Valentinova Tasseva (2017): Reducing poverty and inequality through tax-benefit reform and the minimum wage: the UK as a case-study. (EUROMOD working paper 2017,13), Colchester, 41 S.
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"Atkinson’s book Inequality: What Can Be Done? (Harvard University Press, 2015) sets out a range of concrete proposals aimed at reducing income inequality, which cover a very broad span but include major changes to the income tax and social transfers system and the minimum wage. These are framed with specific reference to the UK but have much broader relevance in demonstrating how substantial the impact on inequality of such measures could be. This paper assesses the first-round effects of these tax, transfer and minimum wage reforms on income inequality and poverty based on a microsimulation approach using EUROMOD. The reforms involve a significantly more progressive income tax structure, a major increase in the minimum wage to the level which is estimated to represent the ‘Living Wage’, and alternative routes to reforming social transfers – either to strengthen the social insurance element or to restructure the entire system as a Participation Income (a variant of Basic/Citizen’s Income). The results show how the first-round effects of either set of tax and transfer proposals would be to substantially reduce the extent of income inequality and relative income poverty and the paper draws out how the two approaches differ in their effects. The additional impact of raising the minimum wage to the Living Wage is modest, reflecting in particular the position of beneficiaries in the household income distribution and the offsetting effects on household income of the withdrawal of means-tested cash transfers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers (2017)
Averett, Susan L.; Wang, Yang; Smith, Julie K.;Zitatform
Averett, Susan L., Julie K. Smith & Yang Wang (2017): The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 24, H. 16, S. 1127-1130. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2016.1259737
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"This article examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a difference-in-differences estimation strategy and data from the Current Population Survey, and disaggregate the sample by race/ethnicity and gender to uncover the differential effects of changes in the minimum wage on health. We find that white women are more likely to report better health with a minimum wage increase while Hispanic men report worse health." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage and employment: escaping the parametric straitjacket (2017)
Cabras, Stefano; Tena, Juan de Dios; Fidrmuc, Jan;Zitatform
Cabras, Stefano, Jan Fidrmuc & Juan de Dios Tena (2017): Minimum wage and employment. Escaping the parametric straitjacket. In: Economics. The open-access, open-assessment e-journal, Jg. 11, S. 1-20. DOI:10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2017-15
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"Parametric regression models are often not flexible enough to capture the true relationships as they tend to rely on arbitrary identification assumptions. Using the UK Labor Force Survey, the authors estimate the causal effect of national minimum wage (NMW) increases on the probability of job entry and job exit by means of a non-parametric Bayesian modelling approach known as Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART). The application of this methodology has the important advantage that it does not require ad-hoc assumptions about model fitting, number of covariates and how they interact. They find that the NMW exerts a positive and significant impact on both the probability of job entry and job exit. Although the magnitude of the effect on job entry is higher, the overall effect of NMW is ambiguous as there are many more employed workers. The causal effect of NMW is higher for young workers and in periods of high unemployment and they have a stronger impact on job entry decisions. No significant interactions were found with gender and qualifications." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Effects of collective minimum wages on youth employment in Austria (2017)
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Christl, Michael, Monika Köppl-Turyna & Dénes Kucsera (2017): Effects of collective minimum wages on youth employment in Austria. In: Empirica, Jg. 44, H. 4, S. 781-805. DOI:10.1007/s10663-016-9341-7
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"This paper analyzes the impact of collective minimum wages on youth employment for 14 sectors of the Austrian economy, taking into account the possibility of nonlinearity. We find that when the real index of minimum wage rises above a certain point, negative employment effects for young individuals (aged between 19 and 25 years) can be expected in Austria. In five of seven market sectors the minimum wage lies above the optimal level that maximizes the employment of young workers." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))
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Estimating the employment effects of recent minimum wage changes: early evidence, an interpretative framework, and a pre-commitment to future analysis (2017)
Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R.;Zitatform
Clemens, Jeffrey & Michael R. Strain (2017): Estimating the employment effects of recent minimum wage changes. Early evidence, an interpretative framework, and a pre-commitment to future analysis. (NBER working paper 23084), Cambrige, Mass., 48 S. DOI:10.3386/w23084
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"This paper presents early evidence on the employment effects of state minimum wage increases enacted between January 2013 and January 2015, and offers an interpretative framework to understand why it is of interest to study recent changes in isolation. Given the ongoing transitions of many states' minimum wage rates, we also set the stage for a pre-committed analysis of the minimum wage changes scheduled for coming years. Through 2015, we estimate that employment among young adults and young individuals with less than a completed high school education expanded modestly less quickly in states that enacted one-time or multi-phase statutory minimum wage increases than in states that enacted no minimum wage increases. Across the specifications we implement and the samples we analyze, many of our estimates are statistically indistinguishable from zero. Data on the longer-run effects of this period's minimum wage changes will be essential for more fully assessing these changes' effects and for drawing strong conclusions regarding how minimum wage increases affect employment in this decade's institutional and economic environment. As data become available for the full 2016 through 2019 calendar years, we will execute and report the results of analyses that follow the road map this paper develops." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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10 Euro sind das Mindeste! Fakten zu Niedrigeinkommen und Mindestlohn (2017)
Csoka, Bettina;Zitatform
Csoka, Bettina (2017): 10 Euro sind das Mindeste! Fakten zu Niedrigeinkommen und Mindestlohn. In: WISO, Jg. 40, H. 3, S. 31-47.
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"Niedrigeinkommen, Mindestlohn, Working Poor sind Begriffe, die insbesondere in der Lohn- und auch Sozialpolitik eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Von Teilen der (österreichischen) Politik werden verschiedene Gruppen mit niedrigen Erwerbseinkommen bzw. Transferleistungen gegeneinander ausgespielt. Aber es gibt auch die sozialpartnerschaftliche Einigung auf flächendeckend 1500 Euro kollektivvertraglichen Mindestlohn in Österreich. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die Situation des Mindestlohnsektors in Österreich und die analysiert die Auswirkung seiner kollektivvertraglichen Anhebung." (Autorenreferat, © ISW-Linz)
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Minimum wages and the distribution of family incomes (2017)
Dube, Arindrajit;Zitatform
Dube, Arindrajit (2017): Minimum wages and the distribution of family incomes. (IZA discussion paper 10572), Bonn, 69 S.
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"Using the March Current Population Survey data from 1984 to 2013, I provide a comprehensive evaluation of how minimum wage policies influence the distribution of family incomes. I find robust evidence that higher minimum wages shift down the cumulative distribution of family incomes at the bottom, reducing the share of non-elderly individuals with incomes below 50, 75, 100, and 125 percent of the federal poverty threshold. The long run (3 or more years) minimum wage elasticity of the non-elderly poverty rate with respect to the minimum wage ranges between -0.22 and -0.55 across alternative specifications that subsume most of the approaches used in the literature to construct valid counterfactuals. Inverting the policy's effect on the cumulative distribution, I estimate minimum wage elasticities for unconditional quantiles of family incomes. The long run minimum wage elasticities for the 10th and 15th unconditional quantiles of equivalized family incomes range between 0.15 and 0.49 depending on specification. A reduction in public assistance partly offsets these income gains, which are on average 72% as large when using an expanded income definition including tax credits and non-cash transfers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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(Un)beliveable wages? An analysis of minimum wage policies in Europe from a living wage perspective (2017)
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Fabo, Brian & Sharon Sarah Belli (2017): (Un)beliveable wages? An analysis of minimum wage policies in Europe from a living wage perspective. In: IZA journal of labor policy, Jg. 6, S. 1-11. DOI:10.1186/s40173-017-0083-3
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"Minimum wage is one of the most debated issues in the labour policy area. Often perceived as a trade-off between employment and equality in earnings, the debate on minimum wage is highly polarized. With regard to the undergoing discussions on the Social Pillar of the European integration, we aim to extend the debate to include the aspect of minimum living standards, by empirically showing the gap between minimum wages and the minimum living wages in the peripheral countries of the European Union." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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UK national minimum wage and labor market outcomes of young workers (2017)
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, J. D.;Zitatform
Fidrmuc, Jan & J. D. Tena (2017): UK national minimum wage and labor market outcomes of young workers. (Economics. Discussion papers 2017-80), Kiel, 36 S.
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"The UK national minimum wage (NMW) is age-specific with the most important threshold at the age of 22 (lowered to 21 from 2010 onwards) when workers become eligible for the adult rate. The authors estimate the impact of this threshold on employment by means of a regression discontinuity analysis. Because this threshold is known in advance, they investigate the presence of discontinuities in both the level and the slope of employment probabilities at different ages around the threshold. Their results indicate that turning 22 does not significantly change the employment probability. However, they find a significant change in the slope of the probability of being employed around one year before, suggesting a smooth deterioration of employment probability before turning 22 rather than a sudden change at a particular age. This finding is confirmed by a differencein- difference analysis. However, no such effect can be found during the period preceding the introduction of the NMW." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Statutory minimum wages in the EU 2017 (2017)
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Fric, Karel (2017): Statutory minimum wages in the EU 2017. Dublin, 29 S.
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"In 22 out of 28 EU Member States, a generally applicable statutory minimum wage exists; the level of this minimum wage varies greatly from one country to another. This article provides information on statutory minimum wage levels, how the minimum wage has been determined for 2017 and minimum wage coverage across the EU. The data show that the minimum wage grew more over the year preceding 1 January 2017 than the year before." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The dog that barks doesn't bite: coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy (2017)
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Garnero, Andrea (2017): The dog that barks doesn't bite. Coverage and compliance of sectoral minimum wages in Italy. (IZA discussion paper 10511), Bonn, 31 S.
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"This paper provides a comprehensive portrait of the level and compliance to sectoral minimum wages in Italy between 2008 and 2015. The results show that minimum wages in Italy are relatively high both in absolute terms and relative to the median wage. However, non-compliance rates are not negligible: on average around 10% of workers are paid one fifth less than the reference minimum wage. Non-compliance is particularly high in the South and in micro and small firms and it affects especially women and temporary workers. Overall, wages in the bottom of the distribution appear to be largely unaffected by minimum wage increases. More effective enforcement practices are therefore needed to safeguard a level playing field for firms and ensure that minimum wage increases are effectively reflected into pay increases for workers at the bottom of the distribution." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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How does the minimum wage affect firm investments in fixed and human capital?: Evidence from China (2017)
Haepp, Tobias; Lin, Carl;Zitatform
Haepp, Tobias & Carl Lin (2017): How does the minimum wage affect firm investments in fixed and human capital? Evidence from China. In: Review of development economics, Jg. 21, H. 4, S. 1057-1080., 2016-12-19. DOI:10.1111/rode.12296
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"This paper empirically analyzes the impact of Chinese minimum wage regulations on the firm decision to invest in physical and human capital. We exploit the geographical and inter-temporal variations of county-level minimum wages in a panel data set of all state-owned and all above-scale non-state-owned Chinese firms covering the introduction of the new Chinese minimum wage regulations in 2004. In our basic regressions including all Chinese firms, we find significant negative effects of the minimum wage on human capital investment rates and no overall effects on fixed capital investment rates. When grouping firms by their ownership structure, we find that these results hold for most firms. Foreign-owned firms are an exception to some extent, because the likelihood that they invest in human capital has not decreased in response to the policy." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Price floors and employer preferences: evidence from a minimum wage experiment (2017)
Horton, John J.;Zitatform
Horton, John J. (2017): Price floors and employer preferences. Evidence from a minimum wage experiment. (CESifo working paper 6548), München, 76 S.
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"Minimum hourly wages were randomly imposed on firms posting job openings in an online labor market. A higher minimum wage raised the wages of hired workers substantially. However, there was some reduction in hiring and large reductions in hours-worked. Treated firms hired more productive workers, which can explain, in part, the reduction in hours-worked: with more productive workers, projects were completed in less time. At the conclusion of the experiment, the platform imposed a market-wide minimum wage. A difference-in-differences analysis shows that, in equilibrium, firms still substitute towards more productive workers, adversely affecting less productive workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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People versus machines: the impact of minimum wages on automatable jobs (2017)
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Lordan, Grace & David Neumark (2017): People versus machines: the impact of minimum wages on automatable jobs. (NBER working paper 23667), Cambrige, Mass., 39 S. DOI:10.3386/w23667
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"We study the effect of minimum wage increases on employment in automatable jobs - jobs in which employers may find it easier to substitute machines for people - focusing on low-skilled workers from whom such substitution may be spurred by minimum wage increases. Based on CPS data from 1980-2015, we find that increasing the minimum wage decreases significantly the share of automatable employment held by low-skilled workers, and increases the likelihood that low-skilled workers in automatable jobs become unemployed. The average effects mask significant heterogeneity by industry and demographic group, including substantive adverse effects for older, low-skilled workers in manufacturing. The findings imply that groups often ignored in the minimum wage literature are in fact quite vulnerable to employment changes and job loss because of automation following a minimum wage increase." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Cross-state differences in the minimum wage and out-of-state commuting by low-wage workers (2017)
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McKinnish, Terra (2017): Cross-state differences in the minimum wage and out-of-state commuting by low-wage workers. In: Regional science and urban economics, Jg. 64, H. May, S. 137-147. DOI:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.02.006
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"The 2009 federal minimum wage increase, which compressed cross-state differences in the minimum wage, is used to investigate the claim that low-wage workers are attracted to commute out of state to neighboring states that have higher minimum wages. The analysis focuses on Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) that experience commuting flows with one or more neighboring state. A difference-in-differences-in-differences model compares PUMAs that experienced a sizeable increase or decrease in their cross-border minimum wage differential to those that experience smaller change in the cross-border differential. Out-of-state commuting of low wage workers (less than 10 dollars an hour) is then compared to that of moderate wage workers (10 - 13 dollars an hour). The results suggest that an increase in own state's minimum wage, relative to neighbor's, increases the frequency with which low-wage workers commute out of the state. The analysis is replicated on the subset of PUMAs that experience commuting flows with more than one neighboring state, so that the estimates are identified entirely within PUMA. As a whole, the results suggest that low-wage workers tend to commute away from minimum wage increases rather than towards them." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wages in a segmented labor market: evidence from South Africa (2017)
Millea, Meghan J.; Rezek, Jon P.; Pitts, Joshua; Shoup, Brian;Zitatform
Millea, Meghan J., Jon P. Rezek, Brian Shoup & Joshua Pitts (2017): Minimum wages in a segmented labor market. Evidence from South Africa. In: Journal of labor research, Jg. 38, H. 3, S. 335-359. DOI:10.1007/s12122-017-9241-z
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"The segmented labor market model describes the impacts of minimum wages on covered and uncovered sectors. This paper examines the impacts of an industry-specific minimum wage in South Africa, a state characterized by high unemployment, a robust union movement, and the presence of a large informal sector. Under the industry-specific wage law, formal agricultural and household workers are covered, while workers in other sectors are not. The unique aspect of this paper lies in the ability to compare the impacts of minimum wage legislation on formal covered, informal covered, formal uncovered, and informal uncovered workers. This natural experiment allows us to test whether industry-specific minimum wage legislation leads to higher wages, whether wage increases are restricted solely to covered formal sectors or if there are spillover effects, and whether such legislation manifests in disemployment effects. We find evidence of higher wages yet disemployment among black workers in formal markets. In informal markets we find no employment effects, but higher wages in formal markets appear to have spilled over into informal markets in covered sectors." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))
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The employment effects of minimum wages: some questions we need to answer (2017)
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Neumark, David (2017): The employment effects of minimum wages. Some questions we need to answer. (NBER working paper 23584), Cambrige, Mass., 30 S. DOI:10.3386/w23584
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"The literature on the employment effects of minimum wages is about a century old, and includes hundreds of studies. Yet the debate among researchers about the employment effects of minimum wages remains intense and unsettled. This essay discussed the key questions that have arisen in the past research that, if we can answer them, may prove most useful in making sense of the conflicting evidence. I also focus on additional questions we should consider to better inform the policy debate, in particular in the context of the very high minimum wages coming on line in the United States, about which past research is quite uninformative." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Raising the standard: minimum wages and firm productivity (2017)
Riley, Rebecca; Bondibene, Chiara Rosazza;Zitatform
Riley, Rebecca & Chiara Rosazza Bondibene (2017): Raising the standard. Minimum wages and firm productivity. In: Labour economics, Jg. 44, H. January, S. 27-50. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2016.11.010
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"This paper exploits the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) in Britain and subsequent increases in the NMW to identify the effects of minimum wages on productivity. We find that the NMW increased average labour costs for companies that tend to employ low paid workers, both upon the introduction of the NMW and more recently following the Great Recession when many workers experienced pay freezes or wage cuts, but the NMW continued to rise. We find evidence to suggest that companies responded to these increases in labour costs by raising labour productivity. These labour productivity changes did not appear to come about via a reduction in firms' workforce or via capital-labour substitution. Rather they were associated with increases in total factor productivity, as theories of organisational change, training and efficiency wages would suggest." (Author's abstract, 䗏 2017 Elsevier) ((en))
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WSI-Mindestlohnbericht 2017: Hohe Zuwächse in Europa (2017)
Schulten, Thorsten;Zitatform
Schulten, Thorsten (2017): WSI-Mindestlohnbericht 2017. Hohe Zuwächse in Europa. In: WSI-Mitteilungen, Jg. 70, H. 2, S. 135-141. DOI:10.5771/0342-300X-2017-2-135
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"Der WSI-Mindestlohnbericht 2017 gibt einen aktuellen Überblick über die Entwicklung der Mindestlöhne in 37 Staaten in- und außerhalb Europas. Unter Auswertung der WSI-Mindestlohndatenbank werden neueste Daten zur Höhe und Entwicklung gesetzlicher Mindestlöhne präsentiert. Im Jahr 2016 hat sich das Wachstum der Mindestlöhne noch einmal beschleunigt und damit den bereits seit einigen Jahren andauernden Trend hin zu einer dynamischeren Mindestlohnentwicklung fortgesetzt. Angesicht eines in vielen Ländern immer noch sehr geringen Mindestlohnniveaus dürften auch in Zukunft stärkere Mindestlohnerhöhungen auf der Tagesordnung stehen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Institutional arrangements regarding minimum wage setting in 195 countries (2017)
Tijdens, Kea G.;Zitatform
Tijdens, Kea G. (2017): Institutional arrangements regarding minimum wage setting in 195 countries. (AIAS working paper 170), Amsterdam, 44 S.
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"ILO Conventions C026 and C131 challenge countries to implement minimum wage-fixing mechanisms. How many countries do have a statutory minimum wage ((S)MW)? How many apply differentiated MWs? How many set MW by Collective Bargaining (CB)? And how many do not have either of these? This paper adresses these four questions. On this behalf we merged 12 databases with information about MW fixing mechanisms and their coverage (Eurofound, ICTWSS, five ILO databases, MACHequity, three WageIndicator databases, WorldBank). They vary regarding years and countries covered and characteristics coded. Europea and Latin America were best represented, co Oceania least. The merged database includes information about 195 countries for five years (2011 - 2015). Clearly, the absence of a single institution responsible for collecting MW policies and rates impedes producing adequate wordwide overviews. Against this backdrop we present and discuss outcomes of our inventory.
Based on the harmonised database (97 countries with data covering all five years) we found that between 2011 and 2015 the percentage of countries with a SMW policy increased from 92% to 94%. According to the merged database (all 195 countries) between 75% and 93% of these countries applied a MW-fixing mechanism in at least one year.
If a differentiated MW is defined as covering part of the dependent labour force only data is available for OECD countries and some others, indicating that 15% of the 48 countries at stake applied a partial minimum wage. If a differentiated MW is defined as covering the entire dependent labour force though with varying rates, a database of 76 countries with a SMW allowed to conclude that 53% applied differentiated MWs. Most breakdowns were by industry, followed by geographical areas and occupation. We found that countries with multiple MWs tend to mimic CB outcomes.
Using the merged database we found that less than 3% of developing countries applied MW fixing through CB. Across Europe this share was considerably higher but decreasing. We detailed the underlying changes. Finally, we studied which countries recently did not have a MW; this was the case (over at least three years) for 16 countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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The Politics of 'Minimum Wage' Welfare States: The Changing Significance of the Minimum Wage in the Liberal Welfare Regime (2017)
Wilson, Shaun;Zitatform
Wilson, Shaun (2017): The Politics of 'Minimum Wage' Welfare States. The Changing Significance of the Minimum Wage in the Liberal Welfare Regime. In: Social policy and administration, Jg. 51, H. 2, S. 244-264. DOI:10.1111/spol.12286
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"There have been sharply contrasting scenarios of the long-term pattern of change in the quality of work and employment in the advanced societies. Three broad perspectives have dominated enquiry in the last three decades: an optimistic tradition emphasizing progressive improvement in skills and the quality of work; a pessimistic tradition underlining emerging threats to employment and job quality; and, lastly, an institutional tradition pointing to long-term structural differences between societies. We start by briefly outlining some of the key contrasts between these scenarios and then review the current state of empirical research with respect to three key aspects of the quality of work and employment: the structure of skills; the intrinsic quality of work in terms of job control and work intensity; and, lastly, job insecurity." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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The interplay between the minimum wage and collective bargaining in the Netherlands: An overview and a case study of three sectors (2017)
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de Beer, Paul, Wike Been & Wiemer Salverda (2017): The interplay between the minimum wage and collective bargaining in the Netherlands. An overview and a case study of three sectors. (AIAS working paper 173), Amsterdam, 89 S.
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"This paper aims to provide a detailed picture in three parts of the statutory minimum wage in the Netherlands that provides a legally minimum level of pay which is binding for all sectors. First, we show how it was legally established in the 1960s and subsequently complemented with an extensive set of youth minimum wages, what the rules are that affect its uprating and how these are influenced by trade unions and employers' associations. We examine how the level and the employment incidence of the minimum wage have evolved since the 1960s to gauge its significance for the development and distribution of wage earnings, including the incidence of low pay. In addition we consider briefly its relationship to personal and household incomes.
Secondly, we discuss how the minimum wage relates to collective labour agreements, many of which stipulate wage scales which start at a higher level than the minimum wage. Particular attention is paid to the gap between the lowest wage scales and the minimum wage, which has narrowed considerably since the 1990s under pressure from the government, and how this is reflected in the distribution of wages.
Finally, we present the results of three industry-based case studies of the role played by the minimum wage, or not, in the daily practice of collective wage and employment bargaining regarding both the minimum wage itself and the lowest wage scales of collective agreements in three particular industries: metal manufacturing, cleaning and super markets.
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Wage distribution spill-overs from minimum wage increases in France (2017)
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Europäische Kommission. Generaldirektion Beschäftigung, Soziales und Integration (2017): Wage distribution spill-overs from minimum wage increases in France. (Analytical webnote 2017,01), Brüssel, 12 S.
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"This note analyses the impact of an increase in the minimum wage in France on the overall wage distribution for the period 2007 to 2012. It is based on EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, a unique source that contains detailed information on income, poverty, social exclusion and living conditions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage as a wage policy tool in Japan (2016)
Aoyagi, Chie; Tawk, Nour; Ganelli, Giovanni;Zitatform
Aoyagi, Chie, Giovanni Ganelli & Nour Tawk (2016): Minimum wage as a wage policy tool in Japan. (IMF working paper 2016,232), Washington, DC, 19 S.
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"Using prefectural data, we study the potential impact on wage dynamics of the planned minimum wage increase policy in Japan. Our main result is that stepping up minimum wage growth from 2 to the planned 3 percent per year could raise wage growth by 0.5 percent annually. Given Japan's need for income policies to generate vigorous wage-price dynamics, reflecting the 2 percent inflation target, one policy implication of this finding is that, while the minimum wage plan will help boost wages, it should be accompanied by other, more 'unorthodox' income policies, such as a 'soft target' for private sector wage growth through a 'comply -or-explain mechanism' for wage growth and increases in public wages in line with the inflation target." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The contribution of the minimum wage to US wage inequality over three decades: a reassessment (2016)
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Autor, David H., Alan Manning & Christopher L. Smith (2016): The contribution of the minimum wage to US wage inequality over three decades. A reassessment. In: American Economic Journal. Applied Economics, Jg. 8, H. 1, S. 58-99. DOI:10.1257/app.20140073
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"We reassess the effect of minimum wages on US earnings inequality using additional decades of data and an IV strategy that addresses potential biases in prior work. We find that the minimum wage reduces inequality in the lower tail of the wage distribution, though by substantially less than previous estimates, suggesting that rising lower tail inequality after 1980 primarily reflects underlying wage structure changes rather than an unmasking of latent inequality. These wage effects extend to percentiles where the minimum is nominally nonbinding, implying spillovers. We are unable to reject that these spillovers are due to reporting artifacts, however." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers (2016)
Averett, Susan L.; Wang, Yang; Smith, Julie K.;Zitatform
Averett, Susan L., Julie K. Smith & Yang Wang (2016): The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers. (IZA discussion paper 10185), Bonn, 15 S.
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"This paper examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a difference-in-differences estimation strategy and data from the Current Population Survey, and disaggregate the sample by race/ethnicity and gender to uncover the differential effects of changes in the minimum wage on health. We find that white women are more likely to report better health with a minimum wage increase while Hispanic men report worse health." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage introduction and employment: evidence from South Korea (2016)
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Baek, Jisun & WooRam Park (2016): Minimum wage introduction and employment. Evidence from South Korea. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 139, H. February, S. 18-21. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.12.014
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"This paper examines the effect of the introduction of the national minimum wage on plant-level employment in South Korea. We show that the minimum wage introduction increased the average remuneration for employees, but has no discernible effect on plant-level employment." (Author's abstract, © 2016 Elsevier) ((en))
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The minimum wage and inequality: the effects of education and technology (2016)
Barany, Zsofia L.;Zitatform
Barany, Zsofia L. (2016): The minimum wage and inequality. The effects of education and technology. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 34, H. 1/Pt. 1, S. 237-274.
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"In the past 30 years, wage inequality has increased steeply while real minimum wages have fallen. This paper demonstrates that a general equilibrium model with endogenous skill choice is required to correctly evaluate the implications of minimum wage changes. The minimum wage not only truncates the wage distribution but also affects skill prices and therefore changes the incentives that people face when making educational decisions. The calibrated model suggests -- in line with recent empirical literature - that even though minimum wages affect the bottom end of the wage distribution more, their impact on the top end is significant as well." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Does the minimum wage bite into fast-food prices? (2016)
Basker, Emek; Khan, Muhammad Taimur;Zitatform
Basker, Emek & Muhammad Taimur Khan (2016): Does the minimum wage bite into fast-food prices? In: Journal of labor research, Jg. 37, H. 2, S. 129-148. DOI:10.1007/s12122-016-9224-5
Abstract
"We study the effect of increases in effective minimum wages on the prices of several fast-food items using quarterly city-level data from 1993 - 2014, a period during much of which the federal minimum wage declined in real value while state-level legislation flourished. For one product, a burger, we find a robust price elasticity of 9 % with respect to the minimum wage. This estimate indicates substantial cost pass-through when contextualized by the effect of minimum-wage increases on restaurant wage bills. Our estimate for pizza is suggestive of a similarly large pass-through rate but is less precisely estimated, and our estimate for fried chicken is near zero, but estimated even less precisely. Taken as a whole, our estimates point toward sizable cost pass-through of minimum wage increases to consumer prices. These results contribute to a mixed literature on the consumer burden of minimum wage increases." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))
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Minimum wages and firm value (2016)
Bell, Brian; Machin, Stephen;Zitatform
Bell, Brian & Stephen Machin (2016): Minimum wages and firm value. (CEP discussion paper 1404), London, 47 S.
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"How does the value of a firm change in response to a minimum wage hike? The evidence we have to date is not well-suited to answer this question, principally because events that have been studied are not completely unknown to the stock market or have uncertainty associated with them. This paper exploits the announcement of a sizeable change in the minimum wage in the UK that was both totally unanticipated and free of uncertainty. The stock market response of employers of minimum wage workers is examined in an event study setting, looking at minute-by-minute changes surrounding the announcement and at cumulative abnormal returns on a daily basis before and after the announcement. The analysis uncovers significant falls in the stock market value of low wage firms. The size of the fall in value is compared to the fall in profitability in response to the wage cost shock that will be induced by the announcement and is seen to be of a comparable magnitude." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Mindestlohn in Deutschland, Großbritannien und in den USA (2016)
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Bossler, Mario (2016): Mindestlohn in Deutschland, Großbritannien und in den USA. In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Jg. 96, H. 6, S. 422-425., 2016-04-29. DOI:10.1007/s10273-016-1992-2
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"Die Diskussion über die Auswirkungen des allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohns in Deutschland ist in vollem Gange. Erste Evaluationsergebnisse zeigen, dass der Mindestlohn in Deutschland nur einen moderaten Beschäftigungsverlust nach sich zog, wobei langfristige Auswirkungen zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt schwierig zu schätzen sind. Während in Deutschland gefordert wird, den Mindestlohn mit Augenmaß und unter Berücksichtigung bestehender Evidenz zu erhöhen, werden Mindestlöhne in Großbritannien und den USA teilweise über die bisherigen empirischen Erfahrungen hinaus angehoben." (Autorenreferat, © Springer-Verlag)
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Minimum wage and employment: escaping the parametric straitjacket (2016)
Cabras, Stefano; Tena, Juan de Dios; Fidrmuc, Jan;Zitatform
Cabras, Stefano, Jan Fidrmuc & Juan de Dios Tena (2016): Minimum wage and employment. Escaping the parametric straitjacket. (Economics. Discussion papers 2016-17), Kiel, 23 S.
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"Parametric regression models are often not flexible enough to capture the true relationships as they tend to rely on arbitrary identification assumptions. Using the UK Labor Force Survey, the authors estimate the causal effect of national minimum wage (NMW) increases on the probability of job entry and job exit by means of a non-parametric Bayesian modelling approach known as Bayesian Additive Regression Trees (BART). The application of this methodology has the important advantage that it does not require ad-hoc assumptions about model fitting, number of covariates and how they interact. They find that the NMW exerts a positive and significant impact on both the probability of job entry and job exit. Although the magnitude of the effect on job entry is higher, the overall effect of NMW is ambiguous as there are many more employed workers. The causal effect of NMW is higher for young workers and in periods of high unemployment and they have a stronger impact on job entry decisions. No significant interactions were found with gender and qualifications." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Scars of recessions in a rigid labor market (2016)
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Cockx, Bart & Corinna Ghirelli (2016): Scars of recessions in a rigid labor market. In: Labour economics, Jg. 41, H. August, S. 162-176. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2016.05.009
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"We study the impact of graduating in recessions in the Belgian labor market, where high minimum wages protect the low educated against wage losses but possibly reinforce the unemployment risk. By contrast, due to labor regulations, the high-educated can get stuck in low-wage jobs. We find that a typical recession leaves the wages of the low-educated unaffected, but reduces their working time and earnings by about 4.5% for up to twelve years after graduation. For the high-educated, working time is not persistently affected, but hourly wages and earnings are. This wage and earnings penalty increases with experience, and reaches roughly - 6% ten years after labor market entry." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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What role can minimum wages play in overcoming the low-wage model in central and eastern Europe? (2016)
Drahokoupil, Jan;Zitatform
Drahokoupil, Jan (2016): What role can minimum wages play in overcoming the low-wage model in central and eastern Europe? (European Trade Union Institute. Working paper 2016,09), Brüssel, 24 S.
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"Many countries in central and eastern Europe have pursued active minimum wage policies and there is considerable evidence about their effects. It shows that minimum wages are an effective tool for reducing inequality by raising the lowest incomes. They can be used to reduce inequality at very low to no costs to workers (in employment) and companies (in profits). Moreover, minimum wages can have some role in increasing aggregate productivity and promoting economic upgrading. Indeed, they should be used as part of a developmental strategy to overcome the low-wage model that is prevalent in the region. However, to be truly effective in raising aggregate wage levels, it would need to be accompanied by a stronger role for collective bargaining in these countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage shocks, employment flows, and labor market frictions (2016)
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Dube, Arindrajit, T. William Lester & Michael Reich (2016): Minimum wage shocks, employment flows, and labor market frictions. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 34, H. 3, S. 663-704. DOI:10.1086/685449
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"We provide the first estimates of the effects of minimum wages on employment flows in the US labor market, identifying the impact by using policy discontinuities at state borders. We find that minimum wages have a sizable negative effect on employment flows but not on stocks. Separations and accessions fall among affected workers, especially those with low tenure. We do not find changes in the duration of nonemployment for separations or hires. This evidence is consistent with search models with endogenous separations." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wages and relational contracts (2016)
Fahn, Matthias;Zitatform
Fahn, Matthias (2016): Minimum wages and relational contracts. (CESifo working paper 5986), München, 39 S.
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"The need to give incentives is usually absent in the literature on minimum wages. However, especially in the service sector it is important how well a job is done, and employees must be incentivized to perform accordingly. Furthermore, many aspects regarding service quality cannot be verified, which implies that relational contracts have to be used to provide incentives. The present article shows that in this case, a minimum wage increases implemented effort, i.e., realized service quality, as well as the efficiency of an employment relationship. Hence, it can be explained why productivity and service quality went up after the introduction of the British National Minimum Wage, and that this might actually have caused a more efficient labor market. Furthermore, if workers have low bargaining power, a higher minimum wage also increases firm profits and consequently employment. Therefore, the present article presents a new perspective on reasons for why minimum wages often have no or only negligible employment effects." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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A coordinated European Union minimum wage policy? (2016)
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Fernández-Macías, Enrique & Carlos Vacas-Soriano (2016): A coordinated European Union minimum wage policy? In: European journal of industrial relations, Jg. 22, H. 2, S. 97-113. DOI:10.1177/0959680115610725
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"This article contributes to the growing debate on minimum wage coordination at European Union (EU) level. We consider the introduction of a hypothetical EU-wide minimum set at 60 percent of the median wage in each European country; we compare the diverse minimum wage-setting systems across Europe and discuss how they could be affected by such policy. The institutional impact of this European common threshold would be larger in those countries where minimum wages are currently collectively agreed by social partners than in those countries where they are set by statutory regulation. But according to our statistical analysis, such EU-wide minimum wage would affect a larger proportion of the workforce in those countries with statutory minimum wages, since they tend to have a larger low-paid segment of employment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Getting handcuffs on an octopus: minimum wages, employment, and turnover (2016)
Gittings, R. Kaj; Schmutte, Ian M.;Zitatform
Gittings, R. Kaj & Ian M. Schmutte (2016): Getting handcuffs on an octopus. Minimum wages, employment, and turnover. In: ILR review, Jg. 69, H. 5, S. 1133-1170. DOI:10.1177/0019793915623519
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"Theoretical work on minimum wage policy emphasizes labor market dynamics, but the resulting implications for worker mobility remain largely untested. The authors show that in the teenage labor market, higher minimum wage standards reduce worker flows and increase job stability. Furthermore, they find that the employment effects of a relatively higher minimum wage vary considerably across markets with different levels of turnover and labor market tightness. Results help to explain the small effects of minimum wage standards on employment commonly found in the aggregate data and are consistent with labor market models that involve search frictions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage violation in Central and Eastern Europe (2016)
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Goraus-Tanska, Karolina & Piotr Lewandowski (2016): Minimum wage violation in Central and Eastern Europe. (IZA discussion paper 10098), Bonn, 33 S.
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"Minimum wages continue to be at the centre of the policy debates in both developed and emerging economies. Such policies can only be effective if (1) the existing regulatory system does not have gaps that allow for the payment of wages below the minimum wage, and (2) the existing minimum wage laws are not violated (too often). In this paper we analyse minimum wage violations in 10 Central and Eastern European countries that have joined the EU since 2004, and that have statutory national minimum wages. Utilising EU-SILC data, we use the methodology proposed by Bhorat et al. (2013) to analyse both the incidence of minimum wage violations, as well as the monetary depth of these violations. We find that on average in 2003-2012, the estimated incidence of violations ranged from 1.0% in Bulgaria, to 1.3% in the Czech Republic, around 3% in Romania and Slovenia, 4.7% in Poland and Hungary, 5.6% in Latvia, and 6.9% in Lithuania. The average pay shortfall ranged from 13.7% of the country-year specific minimum wage in Estonia, to 41.7% in Slovenia. In all countries, workers who were female, less-educated, in the service or agricultural sector, in a micro firm, or with a temporary contract were more likely than other categories of workers to earn less than the minimum wage they were entitled to. While higher minimum to average wage ratios were associated with higher levels of non-compliance, this effect was present within countries over time, but not between them." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Are the effects of minimum wage increases always small?: a reanalysis of Sabia, Burkhauser, and Hansen (2016)
Hoffman, Saul D.;Zitatform
Hoffman, Saul D. (2016): Are the effects of minimum wage increases always small? A reanalysis of Sabia, Burkhauser, and Hansen. In: ILR review, Jg. 69, H. 2, S. 295-311. DOI:10.1177/0019793915610558
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"In a 2012 article, Sabia, Burkhauser, and Hansen reported very large negative effects of the 2004 to 2006 increase in the New York State minimum wage on the employment of young, less-educated workers. Hoffman reexamines their estimates using data from the full Current Population Survey (CPS), rather than the smaller CPS-MORG files they used, and finds no evidence of a negative employment impact. The full CPS, which is the source of U.S. official labor market statistics, is certainly the more appropriate and reliable data source. Furthermore, when Hoffman repeats the analysis using three states and the District of Columbia, which also had a substantial increase in the state minimum wage in the same time period, he finds evidence of a small positive employment effect. Together, the two findings are consistent with other, more recent research that reports very weak or zero employment effects of the minimum wage." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Do minimum wage increases influence worker health? (2016)
Horn, Brady P.; Maclean, Joanna Catherine; Strain, Michael R.;Zitatform
Horn, Brady P., Joanna Catherine Maclean & Michael R. Strain (2016): Do minimum wage increases influence worker health? (NBER working paper 22578), Cambrige, Mass., 34 S. DOI:10.3386/w22578
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"This study investigates whether minimum wage increases in the United States affect an important non-market outcome: worker health. To study this question, we use data on lesser-skilled workers from the 1993-2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Surveys coupled with differences-in-differences and triple-difference models. We find little evidence that minimum wage increases lead to improvements in overall worker health. In fact, we find some evidence that minimum wage increases may decrease some aspects of health, especially among unemployed male workers. We also find evidence that increases reduce mental strain among employed workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The effects of minimum wages on youth employment and income: minimum wages reduce entry-level jobs, training, and lifetime income (2016)
Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie;Zitatform
Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie (2016): The effects of minimum wages on youth employment and income. Minimum wages reduce entry-level jobs, training, and lifetime income. (IZA world of labor 243), Bonn, 10 S. DOI:10.15185/izawol.243
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"Empirische Studien belegen, dass Mindestlöhne die Beschäftigungschancen für junge Geringqualifizierte reduzieren. Zwar profitieren diejenigen, die einen Job finden, von höheren Einstiegslöhnen. Für arbeitslose Jugendliche wird der Arbeitsmarkteinstieg dagegen schwerer, was zu langfristigen Einkommenseinbußen führt. Das Lebenseinkommen sinkt zusätzlich aufgrund mangelnder betrieblicher Qualifizierungsangebote. Auszubildende sollten daher vom Mindestlohn ausgenommen sein. Durch staatliche Unterstützung in Form von Geld- oder Sachleistungen ließe sich ungelernten Jugendlichen effektiver helfen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Spillover bias in cross-border minimum wage studies : evidence from a gravity model (2016)
Kuehn, Daniel;Zitatform
Kuehn, Daniel (2016): Spillover bias in cross-border minimum wage studies : evidence from a gravity model. In: Journal of labor research, Jg. 37, H. 4, S. 441-459. DOI:10.1007/s12122-016-9234-3
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"This paper explores the problem of spillover bias in cross-border studies of the minimum wage using a commuter gravity model on county-level data from 2009 to 2013. Commuter flows conform to the expectations of the gravity equation, but flows across county borders are sensitive to changes in the minimum wage rate, which implies that minimum wage employment effect estimates using contiguous counties are likely to suffer from spillover bias. One way to address this bias is to include a control ring between treatment and comparison counties, although this solution may introduce biases of its own. A gravity model that includes a control ring affirms that this alternative comparison group can address this spillover bias problem." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))
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Impact of the minimum wage on youth labor markets (2016)
Liu, Shanshan; Regmi, Krishna; Hyclak, Thomas J.;Zitatform
Liu, Shanshan, Thomas J. Hyclak & Krishna Regmi (2016): Impact of the minimum wage on youth labor markets. In: Labour, Jg. 30, H. 1, S. 18-37. DOI:10.1111/labr.12071
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"We study the effect of the minimum wage on labor market outcomes for young workers using US county-level panel data from the first quarter of 2000 to the first quarter of 2009. We go beyond the usual estimates of earnings and employment effects to consider how differences across states in the minimum wage affect worker turnover via separations and accessions and job turnover through new job creation and job losses. We find that a higher minimum wage level is associated with higher earnings, lower employment and reduced worker turnover for those in the 14 - 18 age group. For workers aged 19 - 21 and 22 - 24, we find less consistent evidence of minimum wage effects on earnings and employment. But, even for these age groups, a higher minimum wage is found to reduce accessions, separations and the turnover rate." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Who benefits from a minimum wage increase? (2016)
Lopresti, John W.; Mumford, Kevin J.;Zitatform
Lopresti, John W. & Kevin J. Mumford (2016): Who benefits from a minimum wage increase? In: ILR review, Jg. 69, H. 5, S. 1171-1190. DOI:10.1177/0019793916653595
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"The authors address the question of how a minimum wage increase affects the wages of low-wage workers relative to the wage the worker would have if there had been no minimum wage increase. The authors' method allows for the effect to depend not only on the initial wage of the worker but also nonlinearly on the size of the minimum wage increase. Results indicate that low-wage workers who experience a small increase in the minimum wage tend to have lower wage growth than if there had been no minimum wage increase. A large increase to the minimum wage not only increases the wages of those workers who previously earned less than the new minimum wage but also spills over to workers with moderately higher wages. Finally, the authors find little evidence of heterogeneity in the effect by age, gender, income, and race." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The effects of increasing the minimum wage on prices: analyzing the incidence of policy design and context (2016)
MacDonald, Daniel; Nilsson, Eric;Zitatform
MacDonald, Daniel & Eric Nilsson (2016): The effects of increasing the minimum wage on prices. Analyzing the incidence of policy design and context. (Upjohn Institute working paper 260), Kalamazoo, Mich., 53 S. DOI:10.17848/wp16-260
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"We analyze the price pass-through effect of the minimum wage and use the results to provide insight into the competitive structure of low-wage labor markets. Using monthly price series, we find that the pass-through effect is entirely concentrated on the month that the minimum wage change goes into effect, and is much smaller than what the canonical literature has found. We then discuss why our results differ from that literature, noting the impact of series interpolation in generating most of the previous results. We then use the variation in the size of the minimum wage change to evaluate the competitive nature of low-wage labor markets. Finally, we exploit the rich variation in minimum wage policy of the last 10 - 15 years - including the rise of state- and city-level minimum wage changes and the increased use of indexation -- to investigate how the extent of price pass-through varies by policy context. This paper contributes to the literature by clarifying our understanding of the dynamics and magnitude of the pass-through effect and enriching the discussion of how different policies may shape the effect that minimum wage hikes have on prices." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The elusive employment effect of the minimum wage (2016)
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Manning, Alan (2016): The elusive employment effect of the minimum wage. (CEP discussion paper 1428), London, 25 S.
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"There is a huge body of empirical research on the employment effect of the minimum wage that has failed to clearly demonstrate the negative effect that so many economists strongly believe to find. This paper reviews the reasons for this and argues that the literature needs to re-focus to further our knowledge on the topic." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Effects of the minimum wage on employment dynamics (2016)
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Meer, Jonathan & Jeremy West (2016): Effects of the minimum wage on employment dynamics. In: The Journal of Human Resources, Jg. 51, H. 2, S. 500-522. DOI:10.3368/jhr.51.2.0414-6298R1
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"The voluminous literature on minimum wages offers little consensus on the extent to which a wage floor impacts employment. We argue that the minimum wage will impact employment over time through changes in growth rather than an immediate drop in relative employment levels. We show that commonly used specifications in this literature, especially those that include state-specific time trends, will not accurately capture these effects. Using three separate state panels of administrative employment data, we find that the minimum wage reduces job growth over a period of several years. This finding is supported using several empirical specifications." (Author's abstract, © the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System) ((en))
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The effect of education on the minimum wage (2016)
Pargianas, Christos;Zitatform
Pargianas, Christos (2016): The effect of education on the minimum wage. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 23, H. 11, S. 765-767. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2015.1105917
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"This research shows for the first time that the level of education has a causal, negative effect on the minimum wage. I use 2SLS, with historical educational data as an instrument for the level of education in 2010, and I find that across the US states a one percentage point greater proportion of college graduates is associated with a real minimum wage that is lower by 1.5% - 1.6%. Also, in order to control for state-level omitted variables, I regress the change in the minimum wage on the change in education and I find again a negative, and significantly at the 1% level, effect. Minimum wage is a policy that is chosen by governments according to voters' preferences. The results of this research imply that when the level of education increases voters prefer a lower minimum wage." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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"Living wages" oder Armutslöhne?: Ziele einer europäischen Mindestlohnpolitik (2016)
Schulten, Thorsten;Zitatform
Schulten, Thorsten (2016): "Living wages" oder Armutslöhne? Ziele einer europäischen Mindestlohnpolitik. In: WSI-Mitteilungen, Jg. 69, H. 1, S. 70-72. DOI:10.5771/0342-300X-2016-1-70
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"Obwohl in vielen EU-Staaten seit Langem gesetzliche Mindestlöhne existieren, ist das Phänomen der Erwerbsarmut nach wie vor weit verbreitet. Mindestlöhne werden hierbei oft auf einem sehr niedrigen Niveau festgelegt und sind de facto Armutslöhne. In jüngster Zeit haben sich dagegen in mehreren Ländern sogenannte 'Living-wage-Initiativen' herausgebildet, die das Ziel verfolgen, existenzsichernde Mindestlöhne durchzusetzen. Eine europäische Mindestlohnpolitik hätte vor diesem Hintergrund die Aufgabe, die nationalen Initiativen auf europäischer Ebene zu koordinieren und entlang gemeinsam definierter Ziele und Normen dafür zu sorgen, dass Mindestlöhne überall in Europa zu 'living wages' werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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