However, there are still open methodological questions that are discussed in this article. A central finding from the existing minimum wage studies in Germany is that disemployment effects are hard to find. By contrast, wage effects can be identified in most studies, especially in the eastern ...
In this light, the recent introduction of a statutory national minimum wage (SMW) in Germany poses two puzzles: how were the main political parties (the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats) able to agree, and why did employers and unions fail to make their own agreements? Successive ...
Collective wages are widespread and legally binding in Germany as part of the country's "social partnership" model, a circumstance which has led some experts to question the need for a national minimum wage in the country. The collective bargaining arrangements form part of a post-war political ...
4.1. Research on Minimum Wages in Germany 4.2. State of Affairs in the German Minimum Wage Debate Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes) This paper examines the impact of minimum wages on employment, focusing particularly on the German context. It aims to provide a theore...
Germany first introduced a national minimum wage of €8.50 ($9.54) in 2015. Support for minimum wages in Europe has grown as the power of labor unions has declined. The European Commission says there was a drop in the proportion of EU workers covered by collective bargaining agreements between...
(2019). The causal effects of the minimum wage introduction in Germany- an overview. Ger. Econ. Rev. 20: 257–292. Special issue on the evaluation of minimum wages in Germany, https://doi.org/10.1111/geer.12191.Search in Google Scholar Cappellari, L. and Jenkins, S.P. (2008). ...
Building the minimum wage: the distributional impact of Germany's first sectoral minimum wage on wages and hours across different wage bargaining regimes The first minimum wage in Germany was introduced in 1997 for blue-collar workers in sub-sectors of the construction industry. In the setting of...
This study examines the short-term effects of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on hourly wages, monthly wages and paid working hours. We exploit a novel panel dataset by linking the Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) 2014 and the E
France’s minimum wage places it in 5thplace across the 21other EU countries which have a minimum wage, behind Luxembourg, Netherland, Belgium and Germany. France is in the top 3 percent of all countries based on the yearly minimum wage rate. ...
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