We evaluate the effects of the minimum wage regulations in the roofing sector on outcomes such as employment, wage structure, working conditions and competition. Against the background of theoretically ambiguous effects, the initial step is to thoroughly analyze the specifics of the roofing sector in terms of its market conditions and level of competition. We then analyse the causal impact of the minimum wage regulations on employment and the wage structure. In addition, the effects of the minimum wage regulations on working conditions and the competition in the roofing sector are also outcomes of interest. For these analyses, the project makes use of a number of different data sets: individual and firm-level administrative data, the Mannheim Enterprise Panel as well as additional firm-level survey data.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Aretz, Bodo, Melanie Arntz and Terry Gregory (2013), The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector, German Economic Review 14 (3), 282-315. Download
Aretz, Bodo, Melanie Arntz, Terry Gregory and Christian Rammer (2012), Der Mindestlohn im Dachdeckerhandwerk: Auswirkungen auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitnehmerschutz und Wettbewerb, Journal for Labour Market Research 45 (3), 233-256. Download
Discussion and Working Papers
Gregory, Terry (2014), When the Minimum Wage Bites Back: Quantile Treatment Effects of a Sectoral Minimum Wage in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-133, Mannheim. Download
Aretz, Bodo, Melanie Arntz and Terry Gregory (2012), The Minimum Wage Affects Them All: Evidence on Employment Spillovers in the Roofing Sector, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-061, Mannheim. Download
Aretz, Bodo, Melanie Arntz, Terry Gregory and Christian Rammer (2012), Der Mindestlohn im Dachdeckerhandwerk: Auswirkungen auf Beschäftigung, Arbeitnehmerschutz und Wettbewerb, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-060, Mannheim. Download
Expertises
Aretz, Bodo, Melanie Arntz, Sandra Gottschalk, Terry Gregory, Michaela Niefert, Christian Rammer, Helmut Schröder and Holger Schütz (2011), ZEW-Studie zu den Wirkungen eines Mindestlohns in der Dachdeckerwirtschaft, Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS), Mannheim. Download
Client
Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales.
, Bonn
, DE
Project duration
14.12.2010 - 31.08.2011
Contact
Project members
Prof. Dr. Melanie Arntz
(Coordinator)
Dr. Helmut Schröder
(Coordinator)
Dr. Bodo Aretz
Prof. Dr. Holger Bonin
Dr. Terry Gregory
Dr. Anja Heinze
Dr. Michaela Niefert
Dr. Christian Rammer
