Training and minimum wages: first evidence from the introduction of the minimum wage in Germany

Abstract We analyze the short-run impact of the introduction of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany on further training at the workplace level. Applying difference-in-difference methods to data from the IAB Establishment Panel, we do not find a reduction in the training incidence but a slight...

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Main Authors: Lutz Bellmann, Mario Bossler, Hans-Dieter Gerner, Olaf Hübler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Economics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40172-017-0058-z