Arbeitspapier

The German statutory minimum wage and its effects on regional employment and unemployment

This paper studies the effects of the introduction of Germany's statutory minimum wage in 2015 on employment and unemployment on the level of regional labor markets. Using variation in the regional exposure to the new wage floor, we employ a difference-in-differences approach that compares the evolution of employment and unemployment between regions with varying minimum wage bites. Overall, we find no statistically significant effect of the introduction of the German minimum wage on regular employment subject to social insurance, but a statistically significant negative effect on marginal employment. The reduction is not accompanied by a proportional increase in unemployment.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Policy Paper ; No. 145

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy
Thema
minimum wage
employment
unemployment
labor market regions
Germany

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bonin, Holger
Isphording, Ingo Eduard
Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle
Lichter, Andreas
Pestel, Nico
Rinne, Ulf
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2019

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bonin, Holger
  • Isphording, Ingo Eduard
  • Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle
  • Lichter, Andreas
  • Pestel, Nico
  • Rinne, Ulf
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2019

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