The German minimum wage: Effects on business expectations, profitability, and investments

Arbeitspapier

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 treatment effects on the treated establishments show a slight reduction in the employers' expected development of business volume. When we analyze the effects of the minimum wage on the net sales of intermediates and wages costs, we observe a reduction, which is fully explained by the increase in wage costs induced by the minimum wage. The results do not point to effects on establishment-level productivity or capital investments. Looking at investments in human capital, we do not observe any effects on apprenticeship offers or the placement of apprentices. If anything, the results point at a slight reduction in the provision of further training.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: FAU Discussion Papers in Economics ; No. 13/2018

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy
• Thema: Minimum Wage ; Business Expectations ; Profitability ; Training

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bossler, Mario ; Gürtzgen, Nicole ; Lochner, Benjamin ; Betzl, Ute ; Feist, Lisa
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute for Economics
• (wo): Nürnberg
• (wann): 2018

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/183586
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ