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The Impact of the German Minimum Wage on Individual Wages and Monthly Earnings
This paper evaluates the short-run impact of the introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany on the hourly wages and monthly earnings of workers targeted by the reform.... -
On-demand digital economy: Can experience ensure work and income security for...
Digital labour platforms have been increasingly gaining popularity over the past decade. In particular, there has been much debate about workers’ motivations and working... -
Economy 4.0 -Digitalisation and its Effects on Wage Inequality (replication d...
This readme file provides basic information on the data set used in Mönnig, A., Maier, T. and Zika, G. (forthcoming), Economy 4.0 -Digitalisation and its Effects on Wage... -
Unemployment Compensation and Wages: A Difference-in-Differences Approach to ...
This paper examines the influence of the level of unemployment assistance (Arbeitslosengeld II) on the wage level by exploiting a quasi-natural experiment formed by the German... -
Job Mobility and Sorting: Theory and Evidence (replication data)
Motivated by the canonical (random) on-the-job search model, I measure a person’s ability to sort into higher ranked jobs by the risk ratio of job-to-job transitions to... -
Replication Data for Pfeifer/Weche "Temporary agency work and firm performance"
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Did the German minimum wage reform influence (un)employment growth in 2015? E...
Using the variation across space, age and sex and the variation across space and sectors, we analyze the relationship between the minimum wage and (un-)employment growth in... -
Characteristics contributing to low- and minimum-wage labour in Germany
In this article we examine the correlation between characteristics of individuals, companies, and industries involved in low-wage labour in Germany and the risks workers face of... -
Not Evidence for Baumol's Cost Disease
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The German minimum wage: effects on productivity, profitability, and investments
In this article, we analyze the effects of the introduction of the German minimum wage using difference-in-differences estimations applied to the IAB Establishment Panel. The... -
Market Income Inequality and its Impact on Crime in Germany (replication data)
Economic theory predicts a positive effect of an increase in income inequality on the prevalence of crime, but the international empirical evidence is mixed. For Germany,... -
Take your time to grow: A field experiment on the hiring of youths
We investigate the effect of spells of no formal employment of young Germans on their chances of entering the labor market through an apprenticeship. We also study whether the... -
Data access and supplement materials in Genz, Janser, and Lehmer (2019)
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The Effects of Germany’s New Minimum Wage on Employment and Welfare Dependency
In January 2015, Germany introduced a federal, statutory minimum wage of 8.50 Euro per hour. This study evaluates the effects of this policy on regular and marginal employment... -
Do German Works Councils Counter or Foster the Implementation of Digital Tech...
As works councils’ information, consultation and co-determination rights affect the decision process of the management, works councils play a key role in the implementation of... -
A Note on the Decline of Collective Bargaining Coverage (replication)
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Voluntary Quits: Do Works Councils Matter? (replication data)
Most of the literature on the effects of German works councils does not deal with the issue of potential endogeneity of works council existence. Exploiting exogenous variation... -
Coaching, Counseling, Case‐Working: Do They Help the Older Unemployed Out of ...
Intensified counseling, job search assistance and related policies have been found to be effective for labor market integration of the unemployed by a large number of studies,... -
The productivity effects of worker mobility between heterogeneous firms
We analyze the effect of worker inflows on establishments’ productivity, using German data. Previous studies for other countries have found positive effects of hiring workers... -
Program code for "Does compressing high school duration affect students' stre...
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