Mind the gap: effects of the national minimum wage on the gender wage gap in Germany

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dc.contributor.authorSchmid, Ramonade
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T09:03:25Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T09:03:25Z
dc.date.created2022-12-20
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractWith its introduction in 2015, the statutory minimum wage in Germany intends to benefit primarily low-wage workers. Thus, this paper aims at estimating the effectiveness of the implemented wage floor on gender wage gaps in the lower half of the wage distribution. Using administrative data, distinct regional differences regarding magnitudes of wage differentials and responses to the minimum wage are identified. Overall, wage gaps between men and women at the 10th percentile decrease by 2.46 and 6.34 percentage points respectively in the West and East of Germany after 2015. Applying counterfactual wage distributions, the study provides new evidence that around 60% and even 95% of the decline result from the introduction of the minimum wage in each region. Further, group-specific analyses identify concrete responses on the basis of age, educational level and occupational activity. Having yearly data, the study additionally reveals new results on the impact of the successive minimum wage raises in 2017 and 2019. Counterfactual aggregate decompositions of gender wage gaps finally indicate a decrease in discriminatory remuneration structures in the West of Germany due to the introduced wage floor.en
dc.identifier.swb182814553X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6796
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-21163
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2022,06
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dc.subjectGender wage gapen
dc.subjectMinimum wageen
dc.subjectGermanyen
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.gndDeutschlandde
dc.subject.gndMindestlohnde
dc.subject.gndLohngleichheitde
dc.titleMind the gap: effects of the national minimum wage on the gender wage gap in Germanyde
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local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlaceUniversität Hohenheimde
local.export.bibtex@techreport{Schmid2022, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6796}, author = {Schmid, Ramona}, title = {Mind the gap: effects of the national minimum wage on the gender wage gap in Germany}, year = {2022}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthorSchmid, Ramona
local.export.bibtexKeySchmid2022
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local.faculty.number3de
local.institute.number520de
local.opus.number2116
local.series.issueNumber2022,06
local.series.titleHohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.universityUniversität Hohenheimde
local.university.facultyFaculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciencesen
local.university.facultyFakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftende
local.university.instituteInstitute for Economicsen
local.university.instituteInstitut für Volkswirtschaftslehrede

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