Calculating Gross Hourly Wages – the (Structure of) Earnings Survey and the German Socio-Economic Panel in Comparison

Dütsch, Matthias; Himmelreicher, Ralf K.; Ohlert, Clemens

doi:10.1515/jbnst-2017-0121

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“…This number is used because there are, on average, 4.33 weeks in a month (accounting for both 30 and 31-day months). The approach is consistent with the recommendation by Dütsch et al ( 2019 ). The treatment status variable indicates whether someone was affected by the minimum wage (= 1) or not (= 0).…”

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The introduction of a minimum wage in Germany and the effects on physical activity participation

Dallmeyer,

Breuer

2024

Int J Health Econ Manag.

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The relationship between income and physical activity has been extensively studied. This paper utilizes the introduction of the minimum wage in Germany in 2015 as a quasi-experiment to determine the causal effect of minimum wages on the frequency of physical activity participation. Employing survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel between 2013 and 2017, regression-adjusted difference-in-difference models combined with matching techniques are estimated. Our findings reveal a notable negative effect immediately after the minimum wage implementation on physical activity frequency. Given that the introduction of the minimum wage did not increase monthly gross income but reduced working hours, it appears that affected individuals exhibit preferences and engage in utility maximization that do not emphasize healthy behaviors. This effect is particularly pronounced among older females in white-collar occupations.

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The introduction of a minimum wage in Germany and the effects on physical activity participation

Dallmeyer,

Breuer

2024

Int J Health Econ Manag.

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“…Hourly wages need to be calculated using the available information on (weekly) working hours and (monthly) salaries. There are several challenges when calculating hourly wages (see Dütsch et al 2018 for further details). Different wage components, such as extra payments, cannot be separated, for instance, and working hours and monthly wages do not necessarily refer to the same time period.…”

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The effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany: a first assessment of the evidence

Bruttel

2019

J Labour Market Res

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Germany did not establish a statutory minimum wage until 2015. The new wage floor was set at an initial level of €8.50 per hour. When it was introduced, about 11 percent of German employees earned less than that amount. Based on descriptive figures, qualitative research and difference-indifferences analyses, we provide an overview of the available evidence regarding some of the topics that have attracted the most attention in international research and policy debates: the effects on wages and the wage distribution including issues of compliance in relation to the implementation of the new minimum wage, on the risk of poverty, on employment and the impact on businesses for instance with respect to productivity, prices or profits. The evidence shows that the minimum wage has increased hourly wages significantly, while the effect on monthly salaries has been far less substantial, as companies have partly reduced contractually agreed-upon working hours. Besides reductions in working hours or increases in work intensity, companies highly affected by the introduction of the minimum wage have used price increases and have had to accept profit reductions as a response to the new wage floor. If studies found any employment effects, they were-whether positive or negative-rather small in relation to the overall number of jobs. As in other countries, the minimum wage has not helped to reduce welfare dependency and the risk of poverty. Non-compliance remains a challenge for the implementation of the new statutory minimum wage.

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“…At the time of data collection, the median gross hourly wage in Germany amounted to €15.50 [42]. The typical hourly wage for participants, mainly undergraduate students, outside of the experiment ranged from €8 to €11 [42]. The full experimental data set includes two additional treatments that are not reported in this paper.…”

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Fairness views and cooperation under varying levels of economic inequality

Hariskos,

Neitzel,

Sääksvuori

2023

PLoS ONE

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This paper investigates the impact of economic inequality on people’s perceptions of fairness and willingness to cooperate. Using experimental and survey data, we distinguish people’s injunctive perceptions of fairness from experimentally observed behavioral patterns. We find that impartial observers hold shared perceptions of fair contribution rules. Individuals with their own money at stake hold conflicting views over fair contribution rules. We find that contribution patterns are more scattered under strong inequality than under weak inequality. Overall, we observe that voluntary contributions are lower under strong inequality than under weak inequality. Our results contribute to the debate about the behavioral consequences of income and wealth inequalities in modern societies.

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Calculating Gross Hourly Wages – the (Structure of) Earnings Survey and the German Socio-Economic Panel in Comparison

Cited by 9 publications

References 7 publications

The introduction of a minimum wage in Germany and the effects on physical activity participation

The introduction of a minimum wage in Germany and the effects on physical activity participation

The effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany: a first assessment of the evidence

Fairness views and cooperation under varying levels of economic inequality

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