Effects of the National Minimum Wage on Self-Employment

Effects of the National Minimum Wage on Self-Employment

Client/Allowance

Minimum Wage Commission

Period: 01.12.2018 – 03.06.2020

The aim of this project was to investigate whether the introduction of the federal minimum wage in Germany in 2015 causally effected self-employment. The project was conducted using data on self-employment from the Mannheim Enterprise Panel (MUP) and data on the “bite” of the minimum wage in different regions and sectors provided by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). The project’s results point to a reduction in self-employment in Germany caused by the introduction of the federal minimum wage.

Unit
Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Project members

Moritz Lubczyk

Moritz Lubczyk

Project Coordinator
Junior Research Associate

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Simona Christine Murmann

Simona Christine Murmann

Project Coordinator
Academic Assistant to the Head of Research Department

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Martin Murmann

Martin Murmann

Advanced Researcher

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Dr. Udo Brixy

Dr. Udo Brixy

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Client/Allowance
Sponsor
Cooperation partner

Selected Publications

Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf die Solo-Selbstständigkeit

Lubczyk, Moritz, Martin Murmann and Simona Christine Murmann (2020), Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf die Solo-Selbstständigkeit, Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, Mannheim

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Contact

Moritz Lubczyk
Junior Research Associate
Moritz Lubczyk
Phone +49 (0)621 1235-185
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