Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns im Handwerk in Sachsen-Anhalt

Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch and Schultz Birgit ()
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Schultz Birgit: Makroökonomik, Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH), Kleine Märkerstraße 806108 Halle (Saale)Tel.: (0345) 7753 818Halle (Saale), Germany

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 2018, vol. 67, issue 2, 125-152

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of the minimum wage introduction in Germany in 2015 on the skilled crafts sector in Saxony-Anhalt.Using novel survey data on the skilled crafts sector in Saxony-Anhalt, we examine three questions: (1) How many employees are affected by the minimum wage introduction in the skilled crafts sector in Saxony-Anhalt? (2) What are the effects of the minimum wage introduction? (3) How did firms react to wage increase?We find that about 8 % of all employees in the skilled crafts sector in Saxony-Anhalt are directly affected by the minimum wage introduction. A difference-in-difference estimation reveals no significant employment effects of the minimum wage introduction. We test for alternative adjustment strategies and observe a significant increase of output prices.

Keywords: Minimum wage; employment; difference-in-differences estimations; Saxony-Anhalt; Mindestlohn; Beschäftigung; Differenz-von-Differenzen Schätzung; Sachsen-Anhalt (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 E24 J23 J38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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