The introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 aimed at improving the
welfare of low-wage workers but was also accompanied by concerns about distortions in …

We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for
Germany over the last two decades. Combining personal income tax and social security …

We use wage data from the Current Population Survey Merged Outgoing Rotation Group
(CPS MORG) to study the effect of state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race …

The IAB's Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB) and the Socio-Economic
Panel (SOEP) are the two data sets most commonly used to analyze wage inequality in …

This paper evaluates the effects of the newly introduced German minimum wage on the
distribution of hourly wages and hours worked. The study is based on the German Structure …

The evolution of the gender pay gap has received a great deal of attention from academia
and public opinion alike, yet our understanding of the differences in non-monetary working …

Raising the minimum wage can reshape the wage distribution. Using a semiparametric
approach, counterfactual decomposition methods, and an extremely rich administrative …

In 2015, Germany introduced a national minimum wage. While the literature agrees on at
most limited negative effects on the overall employment level, we go into detail and analyze …

Our model, which analyses multi‐decade annual data from the European Union, suggests
that gender inequality mediates the relationship between institutional quality and economic …

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' …