The regional effects of Germany’s national minimum wage

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2018
Volume: 172
Issue: C
Pages: 127-130

Authors (3)

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. (London School of Economics (LS...) Roth, Duncan (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und...) Seidel, Tobias (not in RePEc)

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Abstract

We show that the minimum wage introduced in Germany in 2015 led to spatial wage convergence, in particular in the left tail of the distribution, without reducing relative employment in low-wage regions within the first two years.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:172:y:2018:i:c:p:127-130
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-24