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

21 Pages Posted: 25 Sep 2011

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Pimenta

University of the Azores

Francisco J. F. Silva

University of the Azores - Department of Economics and Business

José A.C. Vieira

University of the Azores; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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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: low wage, survival, Portugal

JEL Classification: J31, J42

Suggested Citation

Pimenta, Antonio Salvador and Silva, Francisco J. F. and Vieira, José A.C., Duration of Low Wage Employment: A Study Based on a Survival Model. IZA Discussion Paper No. 5972, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1933329 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1933329

Antonio Salvador Pimenta (Contact Author)

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Francisco J. F. Silva

University of the Azores - Department of Economics and Business ( email )

9501-801 Ponta Delgada Azores
Portugal

José A.C. Vieira

University of the Azores

P.O. Box 1422
9501-801 Ponta Delgada
Portugal

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Bonn, D-53072
Germany

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