Research workshop 2019

The second scientific workshop took place on 12 and 13 November 2019 in Berlin with the following contributions.

Auswirkungen des Mindestlohns auf Löhne und Einkommen

Mario Bossler (IAB): Lohnungleichheit in Deutschland nach Einführung des Mindestlohns

Teresa Backhaus (WZB)/Kai-Uwe Müller (DIW): Nutzt der deutsche Mindestlohn einkommensschwachen Haushalten? Evidenz aus beobachteten Ergebnissen und simulierten potenziellen Effekten

Alexandra Fedorets/Cortnie Shupe (beide DIW): Große Erwartungen - Vorbehaltslöhne und Mindestlohnreform

 

Employment effects of the minimum wage

Matthias Umkehrer (IAB): Reallocation effects of the minimum wage: Evidence from Germany

Philipp vom Berge (IAB): The effects of the statutory minimum wage on main and secondary employment relationships

Alexandra Fedorets/Kai-Uwe Müller (both DIW): Large wage shocks, technological substitution and employment perspectives

 

On the level of an employment-optimising minimum wage

Duncan Roth (IAB): Employment-maximising minimum wages

Monika Köppl-Turyna (Agenda Austria): How high is the optimal minimum wage in Germany?

 

Price effects of the minimum wage introduction

Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch/Birgit Schultz (both IWH): Price effects of the minimum wage introduction - an analysis with the Leontief price model

 

Implementation and enforcement of the minimum wage

Ursula Jänichen (IAB): How effective are enforcement measures for compliance with the minimum wage?

Claudia Weinkopf/Frederic Hüttenhoff (both IAQ): Control and enforcement of minimum wages - what can Germany learn from other countries?

 

Effects of the minimum wage on pay equity and labour income

Johannes Koenig (DIW): Fair Enough? Minimum wage effects on fair wages

 

Methods of minimum wage evaluation

Mario Bossler (IAB): Spurious effects in minimum wage evaluations due to random wage dynamics