Research workshop 2017

The first scientific workshop took place on 12 and 13 September 2017 in Berlin with the following contributions.

Employment effects of the minimum wage

Johanna Eberle (IAB): Labour Market Survey - Developments after the Introduction of the Minimum Wage

Felix Pohle (IWH): Employment Effects of Introducing a Minimum Wage - the Case of Germany

 

Minimum wage effects in simulation models

Holger Stichnoth (ZEW): Unemployment Effects of the German Minimum Wage in an Equilibrium Job Search Model

Haomin Wang (DIW): An Equilibrium Analysis of the German Minimum Wage

 

The effect of the minimum wage in selected sectors

Carolin Burmester (IAQ): Wage and Employment Developments in the Hospitality Industry from a Gender Perspective: An Empirical Evaluation and Analysis

Birgit Schultz (IWH): Effects of the statutory minimum wage in the skilled crafts sector in Saxony-Anhalt

 

Minimum wage effects, employment and competition

Angelika Ganserer (ZEW): Minimum Wages and Solo Self-Employment - A Synthetic Control Group Approach

Jessica Oettel (HU Berlin): The Employment Effects of Minimum Wages via the Labor vs. the Product Market - Conceptual Framework and Implementation Strategy

 

Implementation and enforcement of the minimum wage

Mattis Beckmannshagen (DIW): Compliance after the introduction of the statutory minimum wage in Germany

Frederic Hüttenhoff/Claudia Weinkopf (both IAQ): The implementation and enforcement of minimum wages in three sectors

Minimum wage effects on companies and in companies

Kai-Uwe Müller (DIW): Where the Minimum Wage Bites Workers - Factor Substitutability and lnnovativeness at the Workplace

Toralf Pusch (WSI)/Miriam Rehm (Vienna Chamber of Labour): Effects of the minimum wage on competitive conditions, especially productivity

Minimum wage and household income

Teresa Backhaus (FU Berlin): How Large is the Impact of the Minimum Wage on Disposable Household incomes? A First Comparison of Simulation Results with Observed Outcomes for Germany

Barbara Binder (KIT): Does the statutory minimum wage compress the distribution of income?