Would a Legal Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty? A Micro-simulation Study for Germany
In view of rising poverty rates, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of a nationwide minimum wage of 7.50e per hour based on a micro-simulation model accounting ...
Müller, Kai-Uwe, Steiner, Viktor
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Health effects of an increased federal minimum wage among US low-wage-earning adults: a difference-in-differences analysis in a population-based cohort. [PDF]
Samuel LJ +6 more
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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan +2 more
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Wives' Labor Force Participation, Wage Differentials and Family Income Inequality: The Israeli Experience [PDF]
Recent decades have witnessed a sharp increase in the labor force participation of married women. The paper investigates the effect of wives' earnings on family income distribution.
Reuben GRonau
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The Unseen Costs of Low-Income Work: Understanding the Relationship Between Parent Work and Child Cognitive and Academic Outcomes. [PDF]
Agars MD, Howard GJ.
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ABSTRACT Past growth in the global organic market has been concentrated in high‐income countries, while in middle‐income countries such as Serbia the organic market remains nascent and characterized by a sparse assortment of organic products, high retail premia and limited evidence on consumer preferences and their drivers.
Milan Tatic +3 more
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Socio-economic Conditions & Determinants of Income: A Tale of Informal Workers of Urban Odisha, India. [PDF]
Barik S, Mishra NK, Saxena M.
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Protection Motivation Theory and Farmers' Participation in Futures Markets: Evidence From Germany
ABSTRACT This study examines why German farmers show limited adoption of commodity futures contracts despite substantial price volatility, applying Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to understand the cognitive processes driving participation decisions in futures markets. Survey data from 303 German farmers collected in 2024 were analyzed using Partial
Hendrik Wever +2 more
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Effective Demand and Income Distribution in The General Theory
The paper looks at income distribution in a short-period context which is similar to that of Keynes’s General Theory. The approach to distribution is different from the one Kaldor adopted in the 1950s: no assumption of full employment is made.
Sardoni, C.
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Wage gaps between US nurses with and without disabilities. [PDF]
Bixby L, Muir KJ, Kephart M, Kakara M.
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