Unemployment effects of the German minimum wage in an equilibrium job search model

Maximilian Blömer, Nicole Guertzgen (), Laura Pohlan, Holger Stichnoth and Gerard van den Berg

No 18-032, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: We structurally estimate an equilibrium search model using German administrative data and use this for counterfactual analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment effects a priori and allows for different job offer arrival rates for the employed and the unemployed. We find that unemployment is a non-monotonic function of the minimum wage level. Effects differ strongly by labour market segment. Cross-segment variation of the estimated effects is mostly driven by firm productivity levels rather than by search frictions or the opportunity cost of employment.

Keywords: wages; job durations; work; employment; productivity; structural estimation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J51 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Journal Article: Unemployment effects of the German minimum wage in an equilibrium job search model (2024)
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Working Paper: Estimating an Equilibrium Job Search Model for the German Labour Market (2016)
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