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

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Francisco J. F. Silva

University of the Azores - Department of Economics and Business

José António Cabral Vieira

University of the Azores - Department of Economics and Business; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Pimenta

University of the Azores

João C. A. Teixeira

University of the Azores - School of Business and Economics

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Date Written: May 18, 2018

Abstract

This paper investigates low wage retention using a survival analysis approach. Variables explaining low wage retention 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. Despite low wage retention being a well known field of research, to our knowledge this is the first research paper using survival analysis to explain the duration of a low wage situation.

Keywords: log-normal regression, low wage, survival analysis, Portugal

JEL Classification: J31, C01, C41

Suggested Citation

Silva, Francisco J. F. and Cabral Vieira, José António and Pimenta, Antonio Salvador and Teixeira, João C. A., Duration of Low Wage Employment: A Study Based on a Survival Model (May 18, 2018). International Journal of Social Economics, 45(2), 286-289, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2990447

Francisco J. F. Silva

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

9501-801 Ponta Delgada Azores
Portugal

José António Cabral Vieira

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

9501-801 Ponta Delgada Azores
Portugal

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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Antonio Salvador Pimenta

University of the Azores ( email )

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9501-801 Ponta Delgada
Portugal

João C. A. Teixeira (Contact Author)

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

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9501-801 Ponta Delgada Azores
Portugal

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