Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market
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Data de Publicação: | 2005 |
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Resumo: | Low-wage employment has become a matter of concern in many coun- tries, Portugal being among them. In particular, the extent to which low-wage employment is a permanent or transitory situation is an important issue. This paper examines low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market using the bivariate probit model proposed by van de Ven and van Praag (1981), in order to account for the potential endogeneity of the initial state. For this purpose, we use a matched employer-employee panel data for 1996 and 2000. Raw figures show that a signif- icant number of workers are trapped into low-wage employment. We also find that males and the better-educated are more likely to escape from such a situation. Fur- thermore, initial firm characteristics, such as firm size, age and industry influence mobility. In particular, low-wage workers in larger or in newer firms have better mobility prospects. |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour marketWage mobilitylow-wagefirm agePortugalLow-wage employment has become a matter of concern in many coun- tries, Portugal being among them. In particular, the extent to which low-wage employment is a permanent or transitory situation is an important issue. This paper examines low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market using the bivariate probit model proposed by van de Ven and van Praag (1981), in order to account for the potential endogeneity of the initial state. For this purpose, we use a matched employer-employee panel data for 1996 and 2000. Raw figures show that a signif- icant number of workers are trapped into low-wage employment. We also find that males and the better-educated are more likely to escape from such a situation. Fur- thermore, initial firm characteristics, such as firm size, age and industry influence mobility. In particular, low-wage workers in larger or in newer firms have better mobility prospects.Springer VerlagRepositório da Universidade de LisboaVieira, José A. Cabral2018-05-28T12:22:56Z2005-042005-04-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/15507engVieira, José A. Cabral (2005). "Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market". Portuguese Economic Journal, 4(1):1-141617-982X (print)10.1007/s10258-005-0038-2metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:45:27Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/15507Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:01:08.513178Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market Vieira, José A. Cabral Wage mobility low-wage firm age Portugal |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market |
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Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market |
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Vieira, José A. Cabral |
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Vieira, José A. Cabral |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Vieira, José A. Cabral |
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Wage mobility low-wage firm age Portugal |
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Wage mobility low-wage firm age Portugal |
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Low-wage employment has become a matter of concern in many coun- tries, Portugal being among them. In particular, the extent to which low-wage employment is a permanent or transitory situation is an important issue. This paper examines low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market using the bivariate probit model proposed by van de Ven and van Praag (1981), in order to account for the potential endogeneity of the initial state. For this purpose, we use a matched employer-employee panel data for 1996 and 2000. Raw figures show that a signif- icant number of workers are trapped into low-wage employment. We also find that males and the better-educated are more likely to escape from such a situation. Fur- thermore, initial firm characteristics, such as firm size, age and industry influence mobility. In particular, low-wage workers in larger or in newer firms have better mobility prospects. |
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Vieira, José A. Cabral (2005). "Low-wage mobility in the Portuguese labour market". Portuguese Economic Journal, 4(1):1-14 1617-982X (print) 10.1007/s10258-005-0038-2 |
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