Estimating the employment effects of a minimum wage from a cross-sectional wage distribution. A semi-parametric approach

Konferenzbeitrag

On the basis of a structural labor demand model employment effects of a minimum wage are estimated from a single cross-sectional wage distribution. The main contribution of the paper is to relax restrictive functional form assumptions of earlier papers by introducing more flexible semi-parametric censored quantile regressions to this framework. We apply the model to the sectoral minimum wage in the German construction sector. It can be shown that the semi-parametric estimates are within a plausible range: employment levels would be 4-5% higher without the minimum wage in the East where the minimum was binding. The effect for West Germany is markedly smaller, since the minimum wage level was lower in relation to the wage distribution. This semi-parametrically estimated structural approach can be a useful alternative to more popular panel data or difference-in-difference models when the necessary institutional variation or data base is either not available, or the necessary assumptions are problematic.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2012: Neue Wege und Herausforderungen für den Arbeitsmarkt des 21. Jahrhunderts - Session: Minimum Wages, Collective Bargaining ; No. G09-V1

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Müller, Kai-Uwe
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62019
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ