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| Title: | | Product Market Competition and the Minimum Wage  |
| Authors: | | Bachmann, Ronald Bauer, Thomas K. Kroeger, Hanna |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Wages: Bargaining and Minimum Wage D19-V3 |
| Abstract: | | This study analyzes employers' support for the introduction of minimum wages in order to improve their competitive position. Using a unique data set consisting of 800 firms in eight industries in the German service sector, we find some evidence that high-productivity employers support minimum wages to drive low-productivity firms out of the market. Furthermore, firms in highly competitive industries tend to support a minimum wage to prevent low-wage competition from other EU member states. In addition, there is strong evidence that members of employer associations are more likely to support a minimum wage when trade unions are weak. |
| Subjects: | | Minimum wage product market competition service sector |
| JEL: | | J38 J50 L41 |
| Document Type: | | Conference Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010 (Kiel): Ökonomie der Familie
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