Duration of Low Wage Employment: A Study Based on a Survival Model
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Duration of Low Wage Employment: A Study Based on a Survival Model
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5972
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 25 Sep 2011
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Duration of Low Wage Employment: A Study Based on a Survival Model
International Journal of Social Economics, 45(2), 286-289, 2018
Posted: 22 Jun 2017
Last Revised: 17 Feb 2019
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
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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
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