IZA Discussion Papers

substantially revised version published as 'The short- and medium-term distributional effects of the German minimum wage reform' in: Empirical Economics, 2023, 64, 1149 - 1175

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11191

Probing the Effects of the Australian System of Minimum Wages on the Gender Wage Gap

Barbara Broadway, Roger Wilkins

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11190

The Short-Run Employment Effects of the German Minimum Wage Reform

Marco Caliendo, Alexandra Fedorets, Malte Preuß, Carsten Schröder, Linda Wittbrodt

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 53, 46-62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10916

Minimum Wages and the Health of Hispanic Women

Susan L. Averett, Julie K. Smith, Yang Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10782

High-Impact Minimum Wages and Heterogeneous Regions

Philipp Vom Berge, Hanna Frings

published in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 59, 701-729.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10751

Consumer Loan Response to Permanent Labor Income Shocks: Evidence from a Major Minimum Wage Increase

Ibrahim Ethem Guney, Yavuz Selim Hacihasanoglu, Semih Tumen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10669

Wage Rigidities in Colombia: Measurement, Causes, and Policy Implications

Sonia A. Agudelo, Hector Sala

published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2017, 39 (3), 547-567

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10665

Income Support Policies for the Working Poor

Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx, Gerlinde Verbist

published in: Lohmann, H. and I. Marx (eds), Handbook on In-Work Poverty, Edward Elgar, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10572

Minimum Wages and the Distribution of Family Incomes

Arindrajit Dube

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2019, 11 (4), 268–304

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10511

The Dog That Barks Doesn't Bite: Coverage and Compliance of Sectoral Minimum Wages in Italy

Andrea Garnero

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10479

Do Minimum Wage Increases Influence Worker Health?

Brady P. Horn, J. Catherine Maclean, Michael R. Strain

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2017, 44 (4), 1986-2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10388

The Impact of the 1896 Factory and Shops Act on Victorian Labour Markets

Andrew Seltzer, Jeff Borland

published in: Journal of Economic History, 2018, 78 (3), 785-821

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10332

How Does the Minimum Wage Affect Firm Investments in Fixed and Human Capital? Evidence from China

Tobias Haepp, Carl Lin

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21(4), 1057-1080

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10290

Understanding Wage Floor Setting in Industry-Level Agreements: Evidence from France

Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier, Sébastien Roux

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10185

The Effects of Minimum Wages on the Health of Working Teenagers

Susan L. Averett, Julie K. Smith, Yang Wang

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2017, 24 (16), 1127 - 1130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10098

Minimum Wage Violation in Central and Eastern Europe

Karolina Goraus-Tanska, Piotr Lewandowski

published in: International Labour Review, 2019, 158(2), 297-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10039

Effects of the Minimum Wage on Infant Health

George Wehby, Dhaval M. Dave, Robert Kaestner

published in. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2020, 39 (2), 411 - 443

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9973

Disentangling the Wage Impacts of Offshoring on a Developing Country: Theory and Policy

Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Devashish Mitra

revised version published as 'Consequences of Offshoring to Developing Nations: Labor-Market Outcomes, Welfare and Corrective Interventions' in: Economic Inquiry, 2020, 58 (1), 209 -224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9962

Monopsonistic Competition, Low-Wage Labour Markets, and Minimum Wages: An Empirical Analysis

Ronald Bachmann, Hanna Frings

published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49 (51), 5268-5286

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9951

Workforce Composition, Productivity, and Labor Regulations in a Compensating Differentials Theory of Informality

Daniel Haanwinckel, Rodrigo R. Soares

published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2021, 88 (6), 2970-3010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9914

Minimum Wages and Firm Value

Brian Bell, Stephen Machin

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2018, 36, 159-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9864

Federal Minimum Wage Hikes Do Reduce Teenage Employment: The Time Series Effects of Minimum Wages in the US Revisited

Stephen Bazen, Velayoudom Marimoutou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9716

Determining Minimum Wages in China: Do Economic Factors Dominate?

Christian Dreger, Reinhold Kosfeld, Yanqun Zhang

published in: Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, 2019, 31 (1-2), 44 - 59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9715

The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Earnings Inequality: Evidence from China

Carl Lin, Myeong-Su Yun

published in: Research in Labor Economics (Income Inequality Around the World), 2016, 44, 179-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9589

The Effect of Doubling the Minimum Wage on Employment: Evidence from Russia

Alexander Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2016, 5:6

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9576

The Optimal Minimum Wage with Regulatory Uncertainty

John Bennett, Ioana Chioveanu

published in: Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19 (6), 1099-1116

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9529

Policy Levers to Increase Jobs and Increase Income from Work after the Great Recession

David Neumark

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 5, 6 (2016)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9528

Happy Birthday, You're Fired! The Effects of Age-Dependent Minimum Wage on Youth Employment Flows in the Netherlands

Jan Kabátek

published in: ILR Review, 2021,74 (4), 1008 - 1035

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9460

Minimum Wages and Spatial Equilibrium: Theory and Evidence

Joan Monras

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37 (3), 853–904

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9390

Stemming the Tide: What Have EU Countries Done to Support Low-Wage Workers in an Era of Downward Wage Pressures?

Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx

published in: Journal of European Social Policy, 2018, 28 (1), 18 - 33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9204

Minimum Wages in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Primer

Haroon Bhorat, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin Stanwix

published in: World Bank Observer, 2017, 32 (1), 21 - 74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8945

Wage Setting in the Colombian Manufacturing Industry

Sonia A. Agudelo, Hector Sala

published in: Economics of Transition, 2016, 24 (1), 99-134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8944

Pooling Multiple Case Studies Using Synthetic Controls: An Application to Minimum Wage Policies

Arindrajit Dube, Ben Zipperer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8931

Regional Variation of the Minimum Wages in China

Chunbing Xing, Jianwei Xu

published in: IZA Journal of Labor and Development, 2016, 5:8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8703

The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Match Stability

Mario Centeno, Claudia Duarte, Alvaro A. Novo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8601

Divided Opinion on The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or Systematic Differences

Donal O'Neill

published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 136, 175-178

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8421

Career Wage Profiles and the Minimum Wage

Kerry L. Papps

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8420

On the Robustness of Minimum Wage Effects: Geographically-Disparate Trends and Job Growth Equations

John T. Addison, McKinley L. Blackburn, Chad Cotti

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 4, 1-16.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8419

Minimum Wage Systems and Earnings Inequalities: Does Institutional Diversity Matter?

Andrea Garnero, Stephan Kampelmann, François Rycx

published in: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, 21 (2), 115-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8418

Deserving Poor and the Desirability of a Minimum Wage

Tomer Blumkin, Leif Danziger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8253

The Consequences of Increased Enforcement of Legal Minimum Wages in a Developing Country: An Evaluation of the Impact of the Campaña Nacional de Salarios Mínimos in Costa Rica

T. H. Gindling, Nadwa Mossaad, Juan Diego Trejos

slightly revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2015, 68(3), 666-707

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8252

The Minimum Wage from a Two-Sided Perspective

Alessio J. G. Brown, Christian Merkl, Dennis J. Snower

published in: Economics Letters, 2014, 124 (3), 389–391.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8220

Labour-Market Institutions and the Dispersion of Wage Earnings

Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi

published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2, 2015, 1535–1727

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8123

A Pareto-Improving Minimum Wage

Eliav Danziger, Leif Danziger

published in: Economica, 2015, 82(326), 236–252

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7911

Minimum Wage: Does It Improve Welfare in Thailand?

Ximena V Del Carpio, Julián Messina, Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano

published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 358-382

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7878

Minimum Wages, Unemployment and Informality: Evidence from Panel Data on Russian Regions

Alexander Muravyev, Aleksey Oshchepkov

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7813

Minimum Wages and Employment in China

Tony Fang, Carl Lin

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015, 4:22, 1-30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7809

What Do Labor Market Institutions Do?

Bertil Holmlund

published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 62-69

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7674

Minimum Wages and Aggregate Job Growth: Causal Effect or Statistical Artifact?

Arindrajit Dube

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7638

Credible Research Designs for Minimum Wage Studies

Sylvia Allegretto, Arindrajit Dube, Michael Reich, Ben Zipperer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7502

Minimum Wage and the Average Wage in France: A Circular Relationship?

Gilbert Cette, Valérie Chouard, Gregory Verdugo

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33 (3), 1832-1839

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7490

Youth Unemployment in Old Europe: The Polar Cases of France and Germany

Pierre Cahuc, Stéphane Carcillo, Ulf Rinne, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:18

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7351

Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data

Andrea Garnero, Stephan Kampelmann, François Rycx

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2015, 53(4), 760–788

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7220

Minimum Wages and the Creation of Illegal Migration

Gil S. Epstein, Odelia Heizler (Cohen)

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33 (1), 434-441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7166

Revisiting the Minimum Wage-Employment Debate: Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?

David Neumark, J.M. Ian Salas, William Wascher

published in: ILR Review, 2014, 67 (S3), 608-648.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7092

The Effect of Tip Credits on Earnings and Employment in the U.S. Restaurant Industry

William E. Even, David A. Macpherson

revised version published as "The Effect of the Tipped Minimum Wage on Employees in the U.S. Restaurant Industry" in: Southern Economic Journal, 2014, 80 (3), 633-655

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7047

The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector

Bodo Aretz, Melanie Arntz, Terry Gregory

published in: German Economic Review, 2013, 14 (3), 282-315.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6892

Minimum Wages and Female Labor Supply in Germany

Christian Bredemeier, Falko Juessen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6760

Lost in Transition? Minimum Wage Effects on German Construction Workers

Ronald Bachmann, Marion König, Sandra Schaffner

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6682

Sharpening the Effectiveness of Natural Experiments as an Analytical Tool

Harriet Duleep

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6510

Mind the Gap: Net Incomes of Minimum Wage Workers in the EU and the US

Ive Marx, Sarah Marchal, Brian Nolan

published in Marx, I. and K. Nelson (eds.), Minimum Income Protection in Flux, Palgrave MacMillan, 2012, pp. 54-80

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6498

Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market: Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks

David McKenzie, Caroline Theoharides, Dean Yang

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2014, 6(2), 49-75.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6484

Minimum Wages as a Barrier to Entry: Evidence from Germany

Ronald Bachmann, Thomas K. Bauer, Hanna Kroeger

published in: Labour, 2014, 28 (3), 338-357

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6370

Minimum Wage, Fringe Benefits, Overtime Payments and the Gender Wage Gap

João Cerejeira, Kemal Kızılca, Miguel Portela, Carla Sá

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6269

Less Myth, More Measurement: Decomposing Excess Returns from the 1989 Minimum Wage Hike

Carl Lin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6237

Decomposing Excess Returns in Stochastic Linear Models

Carl Lin

revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 118(1), 143-147

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6228

Tax Evasion, Minimum Wage Non-Compliance and Informality

Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Zahra Siddique

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 34, 1-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6214

The Effects of Social Security Taxes and Minimum Wages on Employment: Evidence from Turkey

Kerry L. Papps

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012, 65 (3), 686-707

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6132

Minimum Wage Channels of Adjustment

Barry Hirsch, Bruce E. Kaufman, Tetyana Zelenska

revised version published in: Industrial Relations, 2015, 54 (2), 188-239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6036

Minimum Wage Increases Under Straightened Circumstances

John T. Addison, McKinley L. Blackburn, Chad Cotti

revised version published as 'Minimum wage increases in a recessionary environment' in: Labour Economics, 2013, 23, 30-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6023

Severance Packages

Fabien Postel-Vinay, Hélène Turon

published as 'The Impact of Firing Restrictions on Labour Market Equilibrium in the Presence of On-the-job Search' in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (575), 31-61.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5942

Underreporting of Earnings and the Minimum Wage Spike

Mirco Tonin

published in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:2

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5933

Minimum Wages and Teen Employment: A Spatial Panel Approach

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, Donald J. Lacombe

published in: Papers in Regional Science, 2013, 92 (2), 407-417

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5835

Wage Rigidity, Collective Bargaining and the Minimum Wage: Evidence from French Agreement Data

Sanvi Avouyi-Dovi, Denis Fougère, Erwan Gautier

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95 (4), 1337-1351

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5811

Do Frictions Matter in the Labor Market? Accessions, Separations and Minimum Wage Effects

Arindrajit Dube, T. William Lester, Michael Reich

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5702

The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wages, Work and Poverty in Nicaragua

Enrique Alaniz, T. H. Gindling, Katherine Terrell

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (S1), S45-S59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5660

Minimum Wage and Tax Evasion: Theory and Evidence

Mirco Tonin

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (11-12), 1635-1651

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5410

Is the Minimum Wage a Pull Factor for Immigrants?

Corrado Giulietti

substantially revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2014, 67 (3), 649-674

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5341

The Minimum Wage and Latino Workers

Pia M. Orrenius, Madeline Zavodny

published in: David Leal and Stephen Trejo (eds)., Latinos and the Economy: Integration and Impact in Schools, Labor Markets, and Beyond, New York: Springer, 2011, 169-191

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5278

Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term

Peter Dolton, Chiara Rosazza-Bondibene, Jonathan Wadsworth

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 74 (1), 78-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5162

Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Female Employment and Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis

John T. Addison, Orgul Demet Ozturk

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2012, 65 (4), 779-809

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5013

Selective Reductions in Labor Taxation: Labor Market Adjustments and Macroeconomic Performance

Anna Batyra, Henri R. Sneessens

published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2010, 32 (4), 531–543