Table 2 Level of minimum wage, treated firms and workers and wage and employment effects
Industry | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Waste removal (WR) | Industrial Laundries (IL) | Commercial Cleaning Industry (CC) | Nursing Care Sector (NC) | Painters and Varnishers (PV) | Roofing Sector (RS) | Main Construction (MC) | |
West | |||||||
Level I (Kaitz-Index) | 8.02 € | 7.51 € | 7.87 € | 8.50 € (Kaitz: 67–69 % | 7.69 € (Kaitz: 59.5) | 8.20 € (Kaitz: 65.2) | 8.69 € (Kaitz: 64) |
Level II (Kaitz-Index) | 10.43 € | 10.53 € (Kaitz: 76.1) | |||||
Treated workers I (II) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 9/10 % | 4.2 % (4.8 %) | 3.9 % | 4.0 % |
Treated firms | 15 % | 28 % | 78 % | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 27 % |
Wage effect | n.a. | n.a. + | n.a. | ++ | Not sign. | Not sign. (+) | + |
Employment effect (econometric) | Not sign. | + | Not sign. | Not sign. | +1.5 (DiD); −6.0 (DiDiD) | Not sign. | |
Firms reporting disemployment effects | n.a. | 21 % | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
East | |||||||
Level I (Kaitz-Index) | 8.02 € | 6.36 € | 6.36 € | 7.50 € (Kaitz: 73–81 %) | 7.00 € (Kaitz: 73.3) | 7.70 € (Kaitz: 82.2) | 8.00 € (Kaitz: 85) |
Level II (Kaitz-Index) | 7.83–8.06 € | 9.20 € (Kaitz: 97.6) | |||||
Treated workers I (II) | 6 % | n.a. | n.a. | 28/18 % | 7.8 % (48.9 %) | 13.1 % | 24.0 % |
Treated firms | 42 % | 67 % | See West | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | 71 % |
Wage effect | n.a. | West + | n.a. | ++ | ++ (II) | ++ | ++ |
Employment effect (econometric) | Not sign. | See West | Not sign. | Not sign. | −0.7 (DiD); −2.8 (DiDiD) | Ambiguous, not sign. | |
Firms reporting disemployment effects | n.a. | 21 % | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |