Duration of Low Wage Employment: A Study Based on a Survival Model

António M. S. Pimenta (), Francisco José Silva and José Vieira
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António M. S. Pimenta: University of the Azores

No 5972, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper includes a survival analysis which attempts to explain the duration, as in the number of years a worker remains in a low wage situation. Explanatory variables take into account the characteristics of the employee, such as education, age, tenure with the company, gender and nationality, and the characteristics of the job and the company such as industry affiliation, number of employees, age of the company and location.

Keywords: Portugal; survival; low wage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2011-09
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Published - published in: International Journal of Social Economics, 2018, 45 (2), 286-299

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