Abstract We investigate the wage, employment, and reallocation effects of introduction a nationwide minimum wage in Germany that affected 15% all employees. Based on identification designs exploit variation exposure across individuals local areas, we find raised wages but did not lower employment. It also led to low-wage workers from smaller larger, lower- higher-paying, less more productive es...

Immigration is associated with an effort to get a better living. Therefore, this research analyzes whether the high minimum wage attracts immigrants. This study utilizes secondary data from Indonesian Statistics that cover condition of immigrants in Java, island highest population density. In research, proportion dependent variable. At same time, independent variable and percentage formal jobs ...

This paper studies the effects of the minimum wage on immigration. I develop an analytical framework in which immigration is a function of the expected wage, which is defined as the product of immigrants’ wage and employment probability in the region of destination. In the empirical analysis I exploit the state variation in expected wages stemming from the changes in the US federal minimum wage...

Labor market search-and-matching models posit supply-side responses to minimum wage increases that may lead improved matches and lessen or even reverse negative employment effects. Using event study analysis of recent increases, we find these changes do not affect the likelihood searching, but transitory spikes in search effort by individuals already looking for work. These results are driven c...