Labor market policy

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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

Mario Bossler, Nicole Gürtzgen, Erik-Benjamin Börschlein, Jan Simon Wiemann

Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf Betriebe und Unternehmen.
IAB-Forschungsbericht, 09/2022, Nürnberg, 224 S., Anhang. https://doi.org/10.48720/IAB.FB.2209


Bernhard Boockmann, Natalie Herdegen, René Kalweit, u.a. RWI-IAW-Studie im Auftrag der Mindestlohnkommission, 31. Januar 2022, Essen und Tübingen.


Andrea Kirchmann, Andreas Koch, Anastasia Maier, Marcel Reiner, Tobias Scheu, u.a. Final report to the Minimum Wage Commission, 30 June 2022, Tübingen and Bonn.


Martin Brussig, Johannes Kirsch, Katharina Schilling, Andrea Kirchmann, Günther Klee, Michel Kusche, Anastasia Maier, Tobias Scheu In. IAQ-Report 2022-03, März 2022, DOI: 10.17185/duepublico/75506


Martin Biewen, Miriam Sturm

Why a labour market boom does not necessarily bring down inequality: putting together Germany's inequality puzzle
Fiscal Studies, February 2022, Vol. 43, 121-149, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-5890.12294