Low-wage employment versus unemployment: Which one provides better prospects for women?
Mosthaf A, Schank T, Schnabel C (2014)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2014
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Publisher: SpringerOpen
Edited Volumes: Discussion Paper
City/Town: Nuremberg
Book Volume: 3
Journal Issue: 21
Abstract
This study analyzes state dependence in low-wage employment of western German women using GSOEP data, 2000-2006. We estimate dynamic multinomial logit models with random eects and find that having a low-wage job increases the probability of being low-paid and decreases the chances of being high-paid in the future, in particular for low-paid women working part-time. However, concerning future wage prospects low-paid women are clearly better o than unemployed or inactive women. We argue that for women low-wage jobs can serve as stepping stones out of unemployment and are to be preferred to staying unemployed and waiting for a better job.
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APA:
Mosthaf, A., Schank, T., & Schnabel, C. (2014). Low-wage employment versus unemployment: Which one provides better prospects for women? IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 3(21). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-9012-3-21
MLA:
Mosthaf, Alexander, Thorsten Schank, and Claus Schnabel. "Low-wage employment versus unemployment: Which one provides better prospects for women?" IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 3.21 (2014).
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