Do minimum wages increase job satisfaction? Micro‐data evidence from the new German minimum wage
On January 1, 2015, a new statutory minimum wage of € 8.50 per hour of work was introduced in Germany. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach, we estimate effects on worker‐level outcomes of continuing employees. The results reveal a meaningful absolute increase in the affected workers' pay...
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| Volume: | 31 |
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| Main Author: |
Bossler, Mario
Broszeit, Sandra |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Zielgruppe: |
Academic |
| Place of publication: |
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2017 |
| published in: | Labour (Rome, Italy) Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 480 - 493 |
| Data of publication: | December 2017 |
| ISSN: |
1121-7081 1467-9914 |
| EISSN: |
1467-9914 |
| Discipline: | Economics |
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| Online Access: | available in Bonn? |
| Database: | CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS |