Labor market policy

News




Press release February 6, 2019

Still good labor market development leads to further decline in shadow economy in 2019 (in German).

In 2019, the size of the shadow economy in Germany will decrease by around EUR 5 billion. The ratio of the shadow economy to official GDP will thus fall to just over 9 percent. The main reason for this is the continuing good labor market situation, which so far has not been affected by the weaker growth outlook. In addition, lower taxes for the small self-employed make it more worthwhile to register a business.



Publications

Andreas Koch, Marcel Reiner, Tobias Scheu

The minimum wage in practice. Effects on wage structures, work organization and (non-)compliance (in German).
In: WSI-Mitteilungen 77(4), S. 262-272, 2024.



Jan Simon Wiemann, Lena Walser Auswertung des IAB-Betriebspanels Baden-Württemberg, IAW-Kurzbericht 2/2023


Tobias Brändle, Andreas Koch

The German Pay Transparency Act Does Not Achieve Its Goal
In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (12), S. 842-849, Dezember 2023; https://www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/inhalt/jahr/2023/heft/12/beitrag/entgelttransparenzgesetz-erreicht-ziel-nicht.html


Tobias König, Lena Berner Eine empirische Analyse auf der Basis des IAB-Betriebspanels, IAW-Kurzbericht 4/2023