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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.

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    Understanding "wage theft": Evasion and avoidance responses to minimum wage increases (2022)

    Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R.;

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    Clemens, Jeffrey & Michael R. Strain (2022): Understanding "wage theft": Evasion and avoidance responses to minimum wage increases. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 79. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102285

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    "This paper presents strong evidence that minimum wage increases lead to a greater prevalence of subminimum wage payment. Using the Current Population Survey, we estimate that increases in measured underpayment following minimum wage increases average between 12 and 17 percent of realized wage gains. Our baseline analyses focus on workers ages 16 to 25, while additional analyses consider workers ages 16 to 65. In addition, we find that firms and workers comply to a far greater degree with minimum wage increases that are forecastable, modest, and regular than with minimum wage increases enacted through new legislation. We also find evidence that states' enforcement regimes influence the compliance patterns we observe. We interpret these findings as evidence that while minimum wage compliance is the norm, noncompliance is an important, economically nuanced reality in the low-wage labor market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2022 Elsevier) ((en))

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    Does measurement error explain the increase in subminimum wage payment following minimum wage increases? (2022)

    Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R.;

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    Clemens, Jeffrey & Michael R. Strain (2022): Does measurement error explain the increase in subminimum wage payment following minimum wage increases? In: Economics Letters, Jg. 217. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110638

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    "In analyses of minimum wages, positive “ripple effects” and subminimum wages are difficult to distinguish from measurement error. Indeed, prior work posits that a simple, symmetric measurement error process may underlie both phenomena in Current Population Survey data for the full working age population. We show that the population-wide symmetry between spillovers and subminimum wage payment is illusory in that spillovers accrue to older individuals while subminimum wage payment accrues to the young. Symmetric measurement error cannot explain this heterogeneity, which increases the likelihood that both spillovers and subminimum-wage payment are real effects of minimum wage increases rather than artifacts of measurement error." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2022 Elsevier) ((en))

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    The Minimum Wage and Union Membership among Minimum Wage Workers: Why Do Unions Advocate for Minimum Wage Increases? (2022)

    Clemens, Jeffrey; Strain, Michael R.;

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    Clemens, Jeffrey & Michael R. Strain (2022): The Minimum Wage and Union Membership among Minimum Wage Workers: Why Do Unions Advocate for Minimum Wage Increases? (IZA discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 15685), Bonn, 10 S.

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    "Over the past decade, organized labor has played a significant role in advocating for minimum wage increases. In this paper, we investigate the effects of minimum wage increases on union membership among individuals in minimum wage intensive industries. Consistent with a "freeriding" hypothesis, we find that minimum wage increases predict declines in union membership among low-skilled's most direct beneficiaries. We find no evidence of a change in union membership among high-skilled workers in these industries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    The Introduction of a Living Wage in Ireland (2022)

    Doris, Aedín; O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive;

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    Doris, Aedín, Donal O'Neill & Olive Sweetman (2022): The Introduction of a Living Wage in Ireland. (Working papers / Department of Economics, NUI Maynooth 316), Maynooth, 50 S.

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    "In June 2022 the Irish government announced intentions to replace the existing national minimum wage with a new Living Wage (LW) set at 60% of median wages. In this paper we review the evidence on the impact of a LW on wages, employment, inequality and poverty, We then use data from the EU-SILC to examine the characteristics of workers likely to be affected by the new LW and empirically examining the potential impact of the proposed LW on wages inequality and poverty. When examining the impact on labour market outcomes we also compare the impact of the proposed LW with a number of alternative LWs. While the proposed policy will increase the wages of the most vulnerable workers, we show that the introduction of a national LW would have a relatively small effect on inequality, poverty and the gender wage gap. In keeping with previous work, this shows how policies aimed only at workers fall short of addressing concerns about poverty and inequality; addressing these issues requires more powerful public policies." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Minimum wage and tolerance for inequality (2022)

    Fazio, Andrea ; Reggiani, Tommaso ;

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    Fazio, Andrea & Tommaso Reggiani (2022): Minimum wage and tolerance for inequality. (MUNI ECON working paper 2022-07), Brno, 19 S.

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    "We suggest that people advocate for equality also because they fear income losses below a given reference point. Stabilizing their baseline income can make workers more tolerant of inequality. We present evidence of this attitude in the UK by exploiting the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), which institutionally set a baseline pay reducing the risk of income losses for British workers at the bottom of the income distribution. Based on data from the British Household Panel Survey, we show that workers that benefited from the NMW program became relatively more tolerant of inequality and more likely to vote for the Conservative party." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania (2022)

    Garcia-Louzao, Jose; Tarasonis, Linas;

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    Garcia-Louzao, Jose & Linas Tarasonis (2022): Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania. (Working paper series / Lietuvos Bankas 103), Vilnius, 43 S.

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    "This paper evaluates the worker-level effects of a historically large and permanent increase in the minimum wage in Lithuania. Our identification strategy leverages variation in workers' exposure to the new minimum wage, and exploits the fact that there has been no increase in the minimum wage in previous years, to account for heterogeneous labor market prospects of low-wage workers relative to high-wage workers. Using detailed administrative records to track workers before and after the policy change, we show that the minimum wage hike significantly increased the earnings of low-wage workers. This direct effect was amplified by wage spillovers reaching the median of the income distribution. Overall, we find no negative effects on the employment prospects of low-wage workers. However, we provide suggestive evidence that young workers, highly exposed municipalities, and tradable sectors may be more negatively affected. Taken together, our findings imply an employment elasticity with respect to the minimum wage of -0.021, and an own-wage elasticity of -0.033, suggesting that wage gains dominated employment losses." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Turning a 'Blind Eye'? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment (2022)

    Garnero, Andrea ; Lucifora, Claudio ;

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    Garnero, Andrea & Claudio Lucifora (2022): Turning a 'Blind Eye'? Compliance with Minimum Wage Standards and Employment. In: Economica, Jg. 89, H. 356, S. 884-907. DOI:10.1111/ecca.12421

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    "Turning a ‘blind eye’ to non-compliance with minimum wage standards is sometimes presented as a pragmatic way to accommodate higher wages while not harming employment opportunities for workers employed in marginal firms. In this paper, we model firms' wage and employment decisions, and show that there may be a trade-off between non-compliance and employment. The main predictions of the model are tested empirically using data from the Italian labour force survey. We find evidence of a positive employment non-compliance effect, though elasticities are smaller than typically thought as employers internalize the expected costs of non-compliance. We also show that employment effects are larger at low levels of non-compliance (when the risk of being referred to court is very low). The implications for policy and the role of regulators in monitoring and sanctioning non-compliance are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    Social and fiscal impacts of statutory minimum wages in EU countries: A microsimulation analysis with EUROMOD (2022)

    Grünberger, Klaus; Narazani, Edlira; Filauro, Stefano; Kiss, Áron;

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    Grünberger, Klaus, Edlira Narazani, Stefano Filauro & Áron Kiss (2022): Social and fiscal impacts of statutory minimum wages in EU countries. A microsimulation analysis with EUROMOD. In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Jg. 12, H. 1. DOI:10.2478/izajolp-2022-0009

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    "This paper analyzes the effects of hypothetical MW (HMW) increases on social and fiscal outcomes in 21 European Union (EU) countries with a statutory national MW (NMW) based on a microsimulation approach using EUROMOD. The methodological challenges related to the use of available EU household survey data are described, along with the choices made to address these challenges. The paper assesses hypothetical scenarios in which countries with a statutory NMW increase their minimum wage (MW) to various reference values, set in relation to the gross national median and average wage. The model simulations suggest that MW increases can significantly reduce in-work poverty, wage inequality, and the gender pay gap, while generally improving the public budget balance. The implied wage increases for the beneficiaries are substantial, while the implied increases in the aggregate wage bill are generally modest. Extensions explore possible effects on employment and labor supply at the intensive margin." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Decent Wage Floors in Europe: Does the Minimum Wage Directive Get It Right? (2022)

    Haapanala, Henri ; Marx, Ive ; Parolin, Zachary ;

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    Haapanala, Henri, Ive Marx & Zachary Parolin (2022): Decent Wage Floors in Europe: Does the Minimum Wage Directive Get It Right? (IZA discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 15660), Bonn, 45 S.

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    "The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages represents a watershed initiative adding substance to the EU's social dimension. It contains two ambitious objectives: establishing the minimum level of statutory minimum wages (SMWs) at 60% of the gross median wage, and increasing collective bargaining coverage (CBC) to at least 80% of workers. In this paper, we assess how minimum wages and collective bargaining affect low pay. Using a time series cross-section of EU-SILC for income years 2004-2019, we identify and assess the absolute and relative size of 'effective wage floors' for full-time employees in 30 countries. We specify multilevel, random effects within-between (REWB) regression models to assess the individual and joint effects of SMW and CBC on wage floors. Our results indicate that SMW and CBC both have distinct roles to play in establishing the effective wage floor. First, countries with a statutory minimum wage have a lower share of workers earning below 60% gross median wage than countries without one. Furthermore, higher rates of CBC are essential for pushing down the share of workers on below-decent pay. Countries without a SMW but with CBC above the 80% target value have roughly the same proportion of below-decent pay as SMW countries with CBC less than 30-40%. However, at higher rates of CBC, SMW countries are predicted to overtake non-SMW countries on this measure. A hypothetical SMW country meeting the target value of 80% CBC is predicted to have less than 6.5% of full-time employees earning below-decent pay." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    The Distributional Impact of the Minimum Wage in the Short and Long Run (2022)

    Hurst, Erik; Pastorino, Elena; Kehoe, Patrick J.; Winberry, Thomas;

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    Hurst, Erik, Patrick J. Kehoe, Elena Pastorino & Thomas Winberry (2022): The Distributional Impact of the Minimum Wage in the Short and Long Run. (NBER working paper 30294), Cambridge, Mass, 66 S. DOI:10.3386/w30294

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    "We develop a framework with rich worker heterogeneity, firm monopsony power, and putty-clay technology to study the distributional impact of the minimum wage in the short and long run. Our production technology is disciplined to be consistent with the small estimated employment effects of the minimum wage in the short run and the large estimated elasticities of substitution across inputs in the long run. We find that in the short run, a large increase in the minimum wage has a small effect on employment and therefore increases the labor income of the workers who were earning less than the new minimum wage. In the long run, however, the minimum wage has perverse distributional implications in that it reduces the employment, income, and welfare of precisely the low-income workers it is meant to help. Nonetheless, these long-run effects take time to fully materialize because firms slowly adjust their mix of inputs. Existing transfer programs, such as the earned income tax credit (EITC), are more effective at improving long-run outcomes for workers at the low end of the wage distribution. But combining existing programs with a modest increase in the minimum wage generates even larger welfare gains for low-earning workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    What's across the Border? Re-Evaluating the Cross-Border Evidence on Minimum Wage Effects (2022)

    Jha, Priyaranjan; Rodriguez-Lopez, Antonio; Neumark, David ;

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    Jha, Priyaranjan, David Neumark & Antonio Rodriguez-Lopez (2022): What's across the Border? Re-Evaluating the Cross-Border Evidence on Minimum Wage Effects. (IZA discussion paper 15282), Bonn, 31 S.

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    "Dube, Lester, and Reich (2010) argue that state-level minimum wage variation can be correlated with economic shocks, generating spurious evidence that higher minimum wages reduce employment. Using minimum wage variation within contiguous county pairs that share a state border, they find no relationship between minimum wages and employment in the U.S. restaurant industry. We show that this finding hinges critically on using cross-border counties to define local economic areas with which to control for economic shocks that are potentially correlated with minimum wage changes. We use, instead, multi-state commuting zones, which provide superior definitions of local economic areas. Using the same within-local area research design—but within cross-border commuting zones—we find a robust negative relationship between minimum wages and employment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Why are Low-Wage Workers Signing Noncompete Agreements? (2022)

    Johnson, Matthew S. ; Lipsitz, Michael ;

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    Johnson, Matthew S. & Michael Lipsitz (2022): Why are Low-Wage Workers Signing Noncompete Agreements? In: The Journal of Human Resources, Jg. 57, H. 3, S. 689-724. DOI:10.3368/jhr.57.3.0619-10274R2

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    "Policymakers are concerned by evidence that noncompete agreements (NCAs) are widely used in low-wage jobs. We show that firms that would otherwise not use NCAs are induced to use one in the presence of frictions to adjusting wages downward. Using a new survey of salon owners, we find that declines in the terms of trade for employees and increases in the minimum wage lead to higher NCA use, but only at firms for which the employee's cost of an NCA likely exceeds the employer's benefit. Furthermore, minimum wage increases have a negative effect on employment only where NCAs are unenforceable." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System) ((en))

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    Does Minimum Wage Increase Labor Productivity? Evidence from Piece Rate Workers (2022)

    Ku, Hyejin;

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    Ku, Hyejin (2022): Does Minimum Wage Increase Labor Productivity? Evidence from Piece Rate Workers. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 40, H. 2, S. 325-359. DOI:10.1086/716347

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    "We examine worker effort as a potential margin of adjustment to a minimum wage hike using unique data on piece rate workers who perform a homogenous task and whose individual output is rigorously recorded. By employing a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits the increase in Florida’s minimum wage from USD 6.79 to USD 7.21 on January 1, 2009, and worker location on the pre-2009 productivity distribution, we provide evidence consistent with incumbent workers’ positive effort responses." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Minimum Wage Increases and Vacancies (2022)

    Kudlyak, Marianna; Tasci, Murat; Tüzemen, Didem;

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    Kudlyak, Marianna, Murat Tasci & Didem Tüzemen (2022): Minimum Wage Increases and Vacancies. (IZA discussion paper 15254), Bonn, 37 S.

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    "Using a unique data set and a novel identification strategy, we estimate the effect of minimum wage increases on job vacancy postings. Utilizing occupation-specific county- level vacancy data from the Conference Board's Help Wanted Online for 2005-2018, we find that state-level minimum wage increases lead to substantial declines in existing and new vacancy postings in occupations with a larger share of workers who earn close to the prevailing minimum wage. We estimate that a 10 percent increase in the state-level effective minimum wage reduces vacancies by 2.4 percent in the same quarter, and the cumulative effect is as large as 4.5 percent a year later. The negative effect on vacancies is more pronounced for occupations where workers typically have lower educational attainment (high school or less) and in counties with higher poverty rates. We argue that our focus on vacancies versus on employment has a distinct advantage of highlighting a mechanism through which minimum wage hikes affect labor demand. Our finding of a negative effect on vacancies is not inconsistent with the wide range of findings in the literature about the effect of minimum wage changes on employment, which is driven by changes in both hiring and separation margins." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    The Minimum Wage And Occupational Mobility (2022)

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    Liu, Andrew Yizhou (2022): The Minimum Wage And Occupational Mobility. In: International Economic Review, Jg. 63, H. 2, S. 917-945. DOI:10.1111/iere.12552

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    "This article quantifies the effect of minimum wages on workers' occupational mobility. I show that minimum wages decrease younger, less-educated workers' occupational mobility and are associated with more mismatch. A search-and-matching model highlights two channels by which the minimum wage decreases occupational mobility. First, it compresses wages and reduces the gain from switching, leading to lower occupational mobility and more mismatch. Second, it decreases vacancy posting. Calibrating the model to the U.S. economy, the results suggest that a 15 dollar minimum wage can damp aggregate output by 0.4%, of which the wage compression channel accounts for 80%." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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    WSI-Mindestlohnbericht 2022: Aufbruch zu einer neuen Mindestlohnpolitik in Deutschland und Europa (2022)

    Lübker, Malte; Schulten, Thorsten;

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    Lübker, Malte & Thorsten Schulten (2022): WSI-Mindestlohnbericht 2022. Aufbruch zu einer neuen Mindestlohnpolitik in Deutschland und Europa. (WSI-Report 71), Düsseldorf, 20 S.

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    "Nicht nur in Deutschland steht der Mindestlohn derzeit weit oben auf der politischen Agenda – zahlreiche europäische Länder sind auf dem Weg zu strukturell höheren Mindestlöhnen. Als Richtwert für ein angemessenes Mindestlohnniveau gilt dabei die Schwelle von 60% des Medianlohns, die auch im Kontext der Europäischen Mindestlohninitiative diskutiert wird. Der diesjährige WSI-Mindestlohnbericht zeigt, dass Mindestlöhne in dieser Höhe umsetzbar sind, wenn hierfür eine klare politische Richtungsentscheidung getroffen wird. Deutschland würde sich mit der geplanten Anhebung des Mindestlohns auf 12 € diesem Richtwert annähern und damit innerhalb Europas vom bisherigen Nachzügler bei Mindestlohnerhöhungen zum Vorreiter in der Mindestlohnpolitik werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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    Heterogeneous employment effects of minimum wage policies (2022)

    Majchrowska, Aleksandra ; Strawinski, Pawel;

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    Majchrowska, Aleksandra & Pawel Strawinski (2022): Heterogeneous employment effects of minimum wage policies. (Working papers / Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw 2022-18), Warsaw, 40 S.

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    "We explain the variations in the employment effects with respect to minimum wage changes among different groups of workers. Prior analyses considered only two dimensions, investigating employment effects over time across groups of workers or regions. We propose a multidimensional panel data approach to simultaneously analyze the heterogeneous employment effects of minimum wage changes across age groups, economic sectors, and regions over time. Latent heterogeneities in regional employment reactions are discovered, indicating that the employment effect in the regional labor market is the result of a combination of specific labor market features related to the composition of workers and employers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Der flüchtige Beschäftigungseffekt des Mindestlohns (2022)

    Manning, Alan ;

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    Manning, Alan (2022): Der flüchtige Beschäftigungseffekt des Mindestlohns. In: A. Heise & T. Pusch (Hrsg.) (2022): Mindestlöhne – Szenen einer Wissenschaft, S. 137-174.

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    "Mit der Vielzahl von Papieren, die versuchen, den Effekt von Mindestlöhnen auf die Beschäftigung zu schätzen, steigt die Gefahr, den Blick auf die Frage nach dem 'Warum' zu verlieren. Insbesondere auf die Frage, warum es so schwer ist, negative Beschäftigungseffekte von Mindestlöhnen auszumachen. Vielleicht gibt es gewisse ökonomische Faktoren, die den kleinen und oftmals ambivalenten Effekt des Mindestlohns auf die Beschäftigung erklären? Oder vielleicht sind Arbeitsmärkte fundamental von anderen Märkten verschieden? Diese Anliegen sollen in diesem Beitrag diskutiert werden. Die Schlussfolgerung ist, dass der Beschäftigungseffekt des Mindestlohns schwer fassbar ist, aber auch, dass die Ökonomen hiervon nicht überrascht sein sollten, wenn man bedenkt, wie Arbeitsmärkte funktionieren, in denen Abweichungen vom vollständigen Wettbewerb viel größer sind als in vielen anderen Märkten. Tatsächlich mag es an der Zeit sein, dass die Forschung einen Schritt vorwärts macht und sich die Frage stellt, wie weit der Mindestlohn erhöht werden kann, ohne signifikante Beschäftigungseffekte auszulösen." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)

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    The Impact of Recent State and Local Minimum Wage Increases on Nursing Facility Employment (2022)

    McHenry, Peter ; Mellor, Jennifer M.;

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    McHenry, Peter & Jennifer M. Mellor (2022): The Impact of Recent State and Local Minimum Wage Increases on Nursing Facility Employment. In: Journal of labor research, Jg. 43, H. 3/4, S. 345-368. DOI:10.1007/s12122-022-09338-x

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    "Various U.S. states and municipalities raised their mandated minimum wages between 2017 and 2019. In some areas, minimum wages became high enough to bind for more professional workers, such as lower paid staff at nursing facilities. We add to the small prior literature on the effects of minimum wages on nursing facility staffing using novel establishment-level data on daily hours worked; these data allow us to examine changes in staffing hours along margins previously unexplored in the minimum wage literature. We find no evidence that minimum wage increases reduced hours worked among lower-paid nurses in nursing facilities. In contrast, we find that increases in state and local minimum wages increased hours worked per resident day by nursing assistants; increases occurred for the average of all days throughout the month and on weekend days. We also find that a higher minimum wage increased the share of days in the month that facilities meet at least 75% of the minimum recommended levels of staffing for nursing assistants. These results lessen concerns that minimum wage hikes may reduce the quality of resident care at nursing facilities." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

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    Minimum income across all ages: a focus on elderly people (2022)

    Natali, David; Terlizzi, Andrea ;

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    Natali, David & Andrea Terlizzi (2022): Minimum income across all ages: a focus on elderly people. (European Trade Union Institute. Working paper 2022,17), Brussels, 40 S.

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    "The risk of poverty is a key issue for European countries. Irrespective of the uneven evolution of that risk – a sharp increase in the aftermath of the Great Recession of 2008 followed by an overall decrease in the past few years – people at risk of poverty represent a key target of social protection and social assistance schemes across the EU Member States and a persistent challenge for policymakers. In response to the call for tender proposed by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), this paper explores some of the many dimensions of old-age poverty and considers the possibility of addressing at least some of these dimensions by means of a guaranteed minimum income for retired persons, including one that could be introduced or coordinated at European level. The paper is organised in three parts. Chapter 1 collects information on poverty risks across Europe and age groups (e.g. between working-age and elderly populations) to assess how people of both working and retirement age are affected by poverty. Some preliminary data shed light on the impact of the pandemic. Chapter 2 assesses minimum pension schemes across Europe (comparing these schemes for the elderly with minimum income schemes for those of working age), with some insights about their efficacy. We also identify the standards that should be kept in account for designing adequate minimum income policies after retirement. Chapter 3 summarises the recent debate at the EU level and suggests policy strategies to provide effective minimum income protection for elderly people to lead a life in dignity. The paper ends with some preliminary conclusions and remarks." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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