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Risk Preference and Entrepreneurial Investment at the Top of the Wealth Distribution

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Frank M. Fossen, Johannes König, Carsten Schröder

In: Empirical Economics 66 (2024), S. 735–761

Abstract

This study quantifies the distributional effects of the minimum wage introduced in Germany in 2015. Using detailed Socio-Economic Panel survey data, we assess changes in the hourly wages, working hours, and monthly wages of employees who were entitled to be paid the minimum wage. We employ a difference-in-differences analysis, exploiting regional variation in the “bite” of the minimum wage. At the bottom of the hourly wage distribution, we document wage growth of 9% in the short term and 21% in the medium term. At the same time, we find a reduction in working hours, such that the increase in hourly wages does not lead to a subortionate increase in monthly wages. We conclude that working hours adjustments play an important role in the distributional effects of minimum wages.



Keywords: Risk, wealth, entrepreneurship, portfolio choice
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-023-02475-x

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