Finland paper: German minimum wage could be ‘too high’

Research paper published by Bank of Finland assesses impact of policy

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Germany will introduce a minimum wage of €8.50 in January, but this "could potentially be too high" according to a research paper published by the Bank of Finland, particularly for the east of the country.

In The introduction of a minimum wage in Germany: background and potential Employment effects, Michaela Schmöller uses a combination of theoretical and empirical evidence to assess the impact of the policy.

"Combining the branch-level evidence with those from economic theory, neutral to

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