Understanding the German minimum wage

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  • Werner Eichhorst

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https://doi.org/10.7146/samfundsokonomen.v2015i1.140775

Resumé

As of 1st of January 2015 a minimum wage has been effective at the German labour market introduced through political decision in the German Parliament. This article explains the background for this fundamental change in the German labour market both in relation to
wage formation and in relation to the regulation of the market.

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Werner Eichhorst

WERNER EICHHORST
Director of Labor Policy Europe
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
Bonn

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2015-01-01

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Eichhorst, W. (2015) “Understanding the German minimum wage”, Samfundsøkonomen, 2015(1), s. 28–31. doi: 10.7146/samfundsokonomen.v2015i1.140775.

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Årg. 2015 Nr. 1 (2015): Den danske model

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