All articles for: wage
June 5, 2023 | International Labour Markets
Alan Manning: "It is important to have institutions such as the minimum wage to adress the market power of employers"
Jutta Winters
Professor Alan Manning, one of the world's most renowned labour market economists, explains in this video-statement the basic idea of imperfect competition in... Read more
November 25, 2021 | International Labour Markets
Recent research on minimum wages – evidence from a virtual seminar series
Mario Bossler, Duncan Roth, Matthias Umkehrer
A recent seminar series focussed on the cutting-edge international research on minimum wage policies with regard to employment, consumer prices, wage inequality, and... Read more
December 19, 2019 | Groups of Persons
The sources behind the gender wage gap of university graduates
Malte Sandner, Ipek Yükselen Saif
For every euro a man earned per hour in Germany in 2018, a woman earned on average only 0.79 euros. This amounts to... Read more
July 12, 2019 | Groups of Persons
The gender wage gap in Europe: What can we learn from linked employer-employee data? A workshop report
Alex Bryson, John Forth, Stefanie Wolter
The report presents a summary of the workshop "The gender wage gap in Europe: What can we learn from linked employer-employee data?".... Read more
August 29, 2018 | Groups of Persons
Women still hit the glass ceiling – despite operational promotion of equal opportunities
Malte Reichelt
There is a large wage gap between women and men. The search for explanations and solutions must start exactly where wages are decided:... Read more
August 6, 2018 | Wages and Employment
The German labour market after the introduction of the statutory minimum wage
Mario Bossler, Johanna Eberle, Nicole Gürtzgen, Wolfram Klosterhuber, Philipp vom Berge
On the 1st January 2015, a nationwide statutory minimum wage of €8.50 was introduced in Germany. On 1st January 2017 it was then... Read more
March 23, 2018 | Groups of Persons
Low Wage Growth in Germany? – Don’t Blame the Migrants!
Sabine Klinger, Enzo Weber
The German labour market follows a fascinating employment trend since the year 2005. In contrast, wage growth remained weak until 2010 and although... Read more
