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About this book
Kim Leonie Kellermann analyzes the impact of sectoral minimum wages in Germany on the willingness of youths to undergo apprenticeship training. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel, the author shows that higher wage floors set small, positive incentives for vocational training in the respective sectors. In case employers have to pay higher wages, they preferably hire qualified workers so that the worse job prospects of the low-skilled outweigh the potential pay increase. In order to preserve these training opportunities, it can make sense for policymakers to exempt apprentices from minimum wages since subminimum apprenticeship rewards are more appealing to firms.
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About the author
Kim Leonie Kellermann graduated from University of Münster with a Master of Science in Economics and works as a research assistant at the Chair of Political Economy of Prof. Dr. Thomas Apolte. Her PhD project focusses on the influence of labor market status on political participation and party preferences in democratic systems.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Impact of Minimum Wage Regulations on Educational Incentives for the Youth
Book Subtitle: An Empirical Analysis for Germany
Authors: Kim Leonie Kellermann
Series Title: BestMasters
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16489-8
Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-16488-1Published: 05 January 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-16489-8Published: 27 December 2016
Series ISSN: 2625-3577
Series E-ISSN: 2625-3615
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 148
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic Policy, Labor Economics