Journal Article
The interrelated dynamics of unemployment and low-wage employment
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Publication date
2007
Abstract
This paper examines the extent of state dependence in unemployment and the role played in this by intervening low-wage employment. A range of dynamic random and fixed-effects estimators are compared. Low-wage employment is found to have almost as large an adverse effect as unemployment on future prospects and the difference in their effects is found to be insignificant. Evidence is presented that low-wage jobs act as the main conduit for repeat unemployment and considerably increases its probability. Obtaining a higher-wage job reduces the increased risk of repeat unemployment to insignificance. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Journal of Applied Econometrics
Volume
22 (3):511-531
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jae.922
Subjects
Econometrics, Unemployment, and Wages And Earnings
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