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.
| ISBN: | 9783658164881 |
| Publication date: | 5th January 2017 |
| Author: | Kim Leonie Kellerman |
| Publisher: | Springer Gabler an imprint of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 148 pages |
| Series: | BestMasters |
| Genres: |
Political economy Labour / income economics |