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Economic Aspects of Subjective Attitudes towards the German Minimum-Wage Reform

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  • Alexandra Fedorets
  • Carsten Schröder

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Despite skepticism among experts about the effects of a minimum wage, there is remarkably widespread public support for such policies. Using representative survey data from 2015 and 2016, we investigate the subjective attitudes driving public support for Germany's minimum-wage reform. We find that socioeconomic characteristics and political orientations explain a minor part of the variation in attitudes, whereas beliefs that the reform will improve earnings of workers with low wages and help people to maintain or improve their overall economic situation (measured by living standards, income, hours worked, and job security) play a major role, along with experience with circumvention measures.

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  • Alexandra Fedorets & Carsten Schröder, 2019. "Economic Aspects of Subjective Attitudes towards the German Minimum-Wage Reform," FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 75(4), pages 357-379.
  • Handle: RePEc:mhr:finarc:urn:doi:10.1628/fa-2019-0005
    DOI: 10.1628/fa-2019-0005
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    1. Alexandra Fedorets, 2021. "12 Euro Mindestlohn: neue Erwartungen und alte Hürden," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 101(12), pages 929-932, December.

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    Keywords

    public opinion; public policy; minimum-wage reform;
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    JEL classification:

    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • E64 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Incomes Policy; Price Policy
    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy

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