Das Mindestlohngesetz — Hoffnungen und Befürchtungen

Joachim Möller, Karl Brenke (), Gert Wagner, Thorsten Schulten (), Gustav Horn (), Hagen Lesch (), Alexander Mayer (), Lisa Schmid (), Patrick Arni (), Werner Eichhorst, Alexander Spermann () and Klaus Zimmermann ()

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2014, vol. 94, issue 6, 387-406

Abstract: The German government plans to introduce a minimum wage from 2015. This must be understood as a response to the decline in collective bargaining coverage and the marked increase in employment in the low-wage sector. The authors discuss how many workers are affected by this new regulation and whether the minimum wage is too high in relation to the average wage of workers (Kaitz index). They assume that the introduction of a minimum wage in Germany can have a number of effects. It is not possible to forecast all the reactions and behaviour of market participants to handle higher wages and goods prices. Some authors warn that these measures are significant labour market interventions that could have adverse employment effects. They recommend allowing more exemptions from the minimum wage law than intended by the government, especially for young employees and student apprentices. Other authors hope that minimum wages would help to strengthen collective bargaining and stabilise wages. Some authors emphasise that there should be a careful evaluation of the economic effects by scientists. Copyright ZBW and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Date: 2014
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