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| Title: | | Low-wage employment versus unemployment: which one provides better prospects for women?  |
| Authors: | | Mosthaf, Alexander Schank, Thorsten Schnabel, Claus |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 4611 |
| 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 effects 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 off 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. |
| Subjects: | | Low-pay dynamics state dependence dynamic multinomial logit model |
| JEL: | | J30 J60 C33 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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